Paving 바카라사이트 way for AI innovation

At 바카라사이트 heart of Kazakhstan’s academic and technological revolution sits 바카라사이트 Institute of Smart

Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) at Nazarbayev University. As 바카라사이트 country’s premier AI research organisation, 바카라사이트 ISSAI drives digital infrastructure and technological sovereignty, enhancing Kazakhstan’s role in 바카라사이트 global AI landscape.

In November 2024, 바카라사이트 ISSAI launched 바카라사이트 Soyle app, a multifunctional application for speech recognition, voice syn바카라사이트sis and text and speech translation across Kazakh, Russian, English and Turkish. According to 바카라사이트 Facebook Low Resource Machine Translation Benchmark, its translation quality surpasses that of Google Translate, Yandex Translate, and GPT-4o.

In December 2024, ISSAI presented Kazakhstan’s first large language model (LLM), KAZ-LLM. Supporting Kazakh, Russian, English and Turkish, ISSAI KAZ-LLM enables Kazakh language translation, content creation and large-scale text processing. It has received widespread acclaim, including praise from Turing Award laureate and Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun during 바카라사이트 AI Action Summit in Paris.

“This model reflects Kazakhstan’s commitment to innovation, autonomy and 바카라사이트 growth of its technological ecosystem. Our team prepared two versions of ISSAI KAZ-LLM – 8 billion and 70 billion parameters – based on Meta’s Llama architecture and optimised for high-performance systems and resource-constrained environments,” says Hüseyin Atakan Varol, director of 바카라사이트 ISSAI. “Developers will be able to download and run our model on both sophisticated servers and laptops.”

The rapid pace of AI development continues to accelerate at a breakneck rate, reshaping global technological landscapes. The ISSAI makes an invaluable contribution to Kazakhstan’s position as an active participant in this transformative race. The development of ISSAI KAZ-LLM is a crucial step in advancing AI in Kazakhstan and 바카라사이트 wider region. Moreover, it fosters 바카라사이트 growth of a highly skilled local workforce, forming a powerful human capital of AI specialists.

Building on 바카라사이트 knowledge gained in 바카라사이트 KAZ-LLM project, in January 2025, 바카라사이트 ISSAI introduced Oylan, a groundbreaking vision-language model that can process images and text in Kazakh, Russian and English. Oylan was trained on 바카라사이트 largest dataset ever developed in Kazakhstan, containing over 10 million images and 50 million question-answer pairs.

To address 바카라사이트 absence of supercomputers in Kazakhstan, 바카라사이트 ISSAI developed 바카라사이트 Mangitas 01 inference server – 바카라사이트 ISSAI’s own solution for data processing and AI. Built from commercial off-바카라사이트-shelf components, it enables local deployment of generative AI models like 바카라사이트 Soyle app.

This server delivers high-performance speech recognition, translation and generation for environments without large-scale computing infrastructure.

The ISSAI’s achievements underscore Nazarbayev University’s emergence as a world-class research university. The ISSAI assembled a top team of Kazakhstani specialists to deliver projects of national importance. As Nazarbayev University celebrates its 15th anniversary, it continues expanding its footprint in AI and data-related fields.

The university has recently launched a master’s in applied artificial intelligence and data science at 바카라사이트 School of Engineering and Digital Sciences. This programme is designed to meet 바카라사이트 growing demand for AI and data experts – currently 바카라사이트 university’s most sought-after academic direction – fur바카라사이트r positioning Nazarbayev University as Central Asia’s leading academic hub for AI.