๐ Introducing the 101 Billion Arabic Words Dataset
๐ Exciting Milestone in Arabic Language Technology! hashtag#NLP hashtag#ArabicLLM hashtag#LanguageModels
๐ Why It Matters: 1. ๐ Large Language Models (LLMs) have brought transformative changes, primarily in English. It's time for Arabic to shine! 2. ๐ฏ This project addresses the critical challenge of bias in Arabic LLMs due to reliance on translated datasets.
๐ Approach: 1. ๐ช Undertook a massive data mining initiative focusing exclusively on Arabic from Common Crawl WET files. 2. ๐งน Employed state-of-the-art cleaning and deduplication processes to maintain data quality and uniqueness.
๐ Impact: 1. ๐ Created the largest Arabic dataset to date with 101 billion words. 2. ๐ Enables the development of Arabic LLMs that are linguistically and culturally accurate. 3. ๐ Sets a global benchmark for future Arabic language research.