๐ 3LM: A Benchmark for Arabic LLMs in STEM and Code
The Hugging Face blog introduces 3LM (ุนูู ), a multi-component benchmark designed to evaluate Arabic Large Language Models on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects and code generation. It includes 865 real-world multiple-choice questions from Arabic educational materials, 1,744 synthetic high-difficulty STEM questions, and translated code generation tasks. The benchmark aims to address the lack of evaluation in technical domains for Arabic LLMs, providing a more realistic testbed for reasoning and programming skills.
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