UAE gets first-ever Arabic ChatGPT-like bot; now online with free calling app Botim

UAE gets first-ever Arabic ChatGPT-like bot; now online with free calling app Botim

AI-powered platform will have features like international money transfers, bill payments, e-commerce, government services and weather checks

Published: Wed 5 Apr 2023, 3:25 PM

A UAE-based company has launched its own Arabic version of the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT — integrated into the free-calling app Botim, consumer technology holding group Astra Tech announced on Wednesday.

The first-ever Arabic chatbot, developed in partnership with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), is initially available to a select group of Botim users, promising “a new era of AI-driven solutions in the region”.

Astra Tech said Botim’s Arabic ChatGPT is an AI-powered platform that will cater to all Botim services, ensuring the information provided is always current and accurate by continuously sourcing latest information from local markets.

It will have features like international money transfers, bill payments, e-commerce, government services and weather checks.

Users can input their inquiries into the chat field and the model will process the sentence, providing source URLs (web address) that redirect them to more information about a particular service of interest.

“The platform is under development to expand in the upcoming months to include additional services such as Botim stores and healthcare services, making it the ultimate one-stop-shop for users in the region,” added