New dataset aligns Arabic LLMs with country-specific cultural norms

ArabPref, a preference dataset spanning 22 Arab League countries, improves culturally appropriate behavior in language models after post-training.

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Junhong Liang · Daniil Orel · Saeed Almheiri · Bilal Elbouardi · Younes Samih · Abed Alhakim Freihat · +8 more

Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · IBM Research AI

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The authors introduce ArabPref, the first large-scale behavioral preference dataset covering all 22 Arab League countries across 200 cultural aspects.

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