Acrolinx Founder Andrew Bredenkamp walked SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 attendees through AI’s current challenges and his predictions for the next three years. Continue reading
MT and speech recognition company AppTek expands natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities with acquisition of speech technology provider Ignite-Tek. Continue reading
In crucial step toward planned private equity sale, language service provider Summa Linguae signs deal to buy Canada-based localization and data annotation provider Globalme. Continue reading
Australia-listed data annotation provider Appen upgrades its full-year earnings for 2019, forecasting underlying EBITDA of close to AUD 100m (USD 68m). Continue reading
Do recruiters approach language professionals? Do LSPs expect growth in 2019? Will California linguists win exemption from AB5? Could Unbabel have a major impact? Continue reading
Appen CEO, Mark Brayan, speaks at SlatorCon San Francisco 2019 on the expensive, complex, and crucial process of collecting language data for AI. Continue reading
Google touts new data privacy protections for its transcription programs, which were suspended after a reviewer leaked confidential Dutch audio in July 2019. Continue reading
Industry leaders met at a sold out SlatorCon San Francisco to discuss market opportunities, technology, and investment trends, and to network with peers. Continue reading
Machine learning training data provider Appen posts strong revenue and profit growth for H1 2019. Early integration of acquired data annotation platform Figure Eight proves tricky. Continue reading
AI support services startup Scale AI uses a combination of crowd and automation to label data incl. NLP, putting it in direct competition with Appen and Lionbridge. Continue reading
Over 120 language industry leaders will meet at the language industry’s premier executive forum in San Francisco on September 12. Browse the full agenda now. Continue reading
Will regulatory changes favor the language industry? What practical impact will NLP have on the market? Who uses RSI apps? Should LSPs pursue the language data market? Continue reading
Korean language services and data company Flitto raises USD 23m in IPO on electronic trading platform Kosdaq, Korea’s answer to Nasdaq; CEO heralds “AI boom era.” Continue reading
Venture capitalists see opportunity as startups begin to apply breakthroughs in transfer learning and new language models, such as BERT, ELMo, OpenAI's GPT-2, and ULMFiT. Continue reading
Is subject matter expertise gaining at the expense of source language proficiency? Has the future CAT yet to be invented? Will LSPs continue to delight investors? Continue reading
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