Riyadh – Sharikat Mubasher: Aramco, Saudi Arabia's oil giant, is developing a large language model (LLM) with one trillion parameters, tailored for its employees to drive advancements in artificial intelligence.
Amin Nasser, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, made this announcement while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as reported by Asharq Business.
Employees currently train on Aramco’s generative AI model, Metabrain, which operates on seven billion parameters and leverages 90 years of accumulated company data.
This investment is part of a broader strategy to integrate AI into operations, with 6,000 AI-trained employees creating 430 AI use cases, including predictive maintenance and carbon footprint reduction.
In 2023, Aramco signed agreements with Cerebras Systems, Rebellions, and SambaNova Systems to strengthen its AI and supercomputing capabilities. It also partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to pilot advanced generative AI solutions for industrial monitoring, predictive maintenance, and autonomous drones.
Aramco unveiled during the summit that it utilizes AI across various applications, from monitoring gas flaring and reservoir simulations to deploying sensors in oil fields like Khurais.
The company has also adopted a Nvidia-powered supercomputer to optimize drilling plans and reduce carbon emissions, reinforcing AI as a cornerstone of its innovation strategy.
