Saudi Arabia's Humain Unveils Humain-M3 Arabic Model Built on China's MiniMax

Saudi Arabia's state-backed Humain launched humain-m3, an Arabic-language model developed in partnership with China's MiniMax, per Bloomberg. The release lands amid controversy among US allies over sovereign AI systems built on Chinese foundation models, given ongoing US chip-export controls and concerns about Chinese-model provenance in Gulf sovereign compute buildouts.