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Saudi Arabia unveils Halal-GPT AI to prevent overly Western responses.

Halal-GPT is intended to prevent content considered inappropriate or contrary to Islam. In this way, the AI is presented as a reliable tool for Muslim users.

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According to the portal The New Arab (26 August 2025), Saudi Arabia has presented Halal-GPT, a new artificial intelligence developed by the company Humain. It is a chatbot trained on one of the most extensive Arabic datasets ever compiled, with the explicit aim of offering responses tailored to Islamic culture and values. Available in Arabic and English, and capable of adapting to various dialects, the initiative is presented as a step towards ensuring a a “culturally safe and religiously acceptable” use of technology.

A halal-certified AI

The project aims to distinguish itself from other systems such as ChatGPT, often criticised in the region for reflecting Western values. With Halal-GPT, the Saudi government wants to ensure that that artificial intelligence does not generate content considered offensive or contrary to Islam. This explicit alignment with religious principles, however, opens up the debate as to the extent to which technology can become a tool of ideological control rather than a neutral instrument of knowledge.

The proponents present the system as an advance that reinforces the cultural and religious identity of the Arab world. However, Its practical application may result in a systematic filtering of questions and answers., where certain political, social or moral issues are beyond reach. The risk is that AI will cease to be a space for research and become a mechanism of digital censorship cloaked in religious legitimacy.

Halal-GPT is part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to position itself as a technological leader in the region, while maintaining strict control over public discourse. This dual dimension—innovation and surveillance—shows how Artificial intelligence also becomes a field of ideological dispute.. What is presented as a project to guarantee “cultural security” could end up reinforcing the limits imposed on freedom of expression.

The fear of Islam in Western AI

Many Muslims express concern that Western AI systems often reflect cultural and moral biases that can lead to inappropriate or offensive responses when seeking religious advice. These platforms may, for example, mistakenly associate the word “Muslim” with terms such as “terrorism”. This kind of bias leads many believers to doubt the AI's ability to provide reliable guidance on Islamic spiritual and legal matters. This is where it comes in Halal-GPT: to offer an AI trained and filtered specifically with Arabic data and Islamic values., with the aim of reducing these cultural errors

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