Large Language Models Beat Commercial MT Models for Arabic Dialects, Research Finds
New research shows that large language models are better translators of Arabic dialects than commercial machine translation systems but remain far from perfect.
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New research shows that large language models are better translators of Arabic dialects than commercial machine translation systems but remain far from perfect.
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