Arabic AI Guide — ALLaM, Jais, Fanar in 2026 | KuwaitAI
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Which AI model is best for Arabic?
Depends — on content type.
- General business: Claude Sonnet or GPT-4.1 (understand Khaleeji well in 2026)
- Official/legal: ALLaM (SDAIA Saudi, Fusha-optimized)
- Research: Jais 70B (Inception + MBZUAI UAE)
- Qatari content: Fanar (QCRI Qatar)
- Fully local: Qwen 3 or Llama 4 tuned on Khaleeji samples
Khaleeji vs Fusha — an important distinction.
General models (GPT, Claude) understand Khaleeji well but respond in Fusha by default. Customization via system prompt or fine-tuning on Khaleeji samples is essential for a natural experience.
At KuwaitAI we use: strong base model + Khaleeji-tuned system prompt + training on 500-1000 real Kuwaiti samples.
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