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title: Multilingual AI Chatbot for Investigative Journalism Training
company: ARIJ Network
date: '2025-01-26'
summary: >-
  ARIJ Network, connecting investigative journalists across 22 countries in the
  Middle East and North Africa, partnered with Vstorm to build a RAG-based AI
  chatbot using Pydantic AI. The bilingual system (English/Arabic) transformed
  their training process from handling just 1% of inquiries to delivering
  reliable, fact-checked knowledge at scale while creating new revenue streams.
industries:
  - Media
  - Education
productsUsed:
  - Pydantic AI
canonical: 'https://pydantic.dev/case-studies/arij'
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> ARIJ Network · 2025-01-26 · Media, Education
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> "Using the PydanticAI framework, it was possible to build the agent itself and a set of tools: one to connect with the database, and one to validate the answers and ensure their language correctness. With that, the agent itself could deliver the best response possible." — Vstorm
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Learn how Pydantic AI's agent framework enabled a hallucination-free, multilingual chatbot that seamlessly handles both English and Arabic for journalist training.

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