SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Adobe and
Qualcomm ( QCOM ) said on Wednesday they are partnering with
Humain, the artificial intelligence firm backed by Saudi
Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, to help the AI company develop
tools for generating content in Arabic and for the broader
Middle East.
The deal is one of several expected on Wednesday at a U.S.-Saudi
investment forum being held as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman visits Washington. Bin Salman on Tuesday met
with U.S. President Donald Trump, who hosted a dinner with the
crown prince and U.S. government and business leaders.
Adobe said it will integrate Allam, a large language model
trained in Arabic, into its suite of apps used to create
marketing campaigns, films and television shows. Humain will in
turn use what the San Jose, California, company calls Adobe
Foundry to "create tailored, generative AI models unique to the
Arab world," according to an announcement from the firms.
The AI systems will run in data centers being developed by
Humain and use chips from Qualcomm ( QCOM ), which last month introduced
new chips called the AI200 and AI250. Qualcomm's ( QCOM ) chips will
handle the work of generating videos created by the models
Humain is developing.
"We are building a new creative intelligence that
understands our language, our values, our heritage, and our
future with Adobe," Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain, said in a
statement. "With the addition of Qualcomm ( QCOM ) into the
collaboration, we will redefine the silicon that powers the next
era of generative AI. Together, we are leading in developing
creative AI for a new global era."