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3 developments involving IBM in 3 countries and bodies. The most recent is Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA releases its Arabic model ALLaM on IBM watsonx, 21 May 2024.

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  1. Model releaseGovernmentSaudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA releases its Arabic model ALLaM on IBM watsonx

    Saudi government agencies and companies gained an Arabic-language model built by their own national AI authority and offered through a major US enterprise platform.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  2. ProgrammeGovernmentSingapore
    Singapore opens its AI Verify testing toolkit to an industry foundation

    Companies selling AI in Singapore got a free, government-backed way to test their systems and produce reports for customers and regulators, with major US vendors helping write the tests.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  3. ProgrammeComputeJapan
    Japan adds ¥260bn in subsidies for Rapidus and its 2nm pilot fab in Hokkaido

    Japan’s government took on most of the early cost of Rapidus, a new domestic company aiming to make 2nm logic chips in Japan.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)