IBM announced on Tuesday that it will make a family of artificial intelligence models available as open source software and will contribute to the training of an Arabic-language artificial intelligence system in Saudi Arabia. The company, based in Armonk, New York, has a different strategy for exploiting AI than some of its competitors, such as Microsoft, which closely guards its AI models and charges for access. IBM, like Facebook owner Meta Platforms, prefers to provide open access to its models. On Wednesday, it unveiled the “Granite” family of AI models that can be customised for businesses.