Virtual assistants are already part of the e-commerce setting, but taking them multilingual and training them for conversations with multiple variables still poses challenges. Continue reading
First, Appen. Now, Flitto. Language data startup Flitto, which is about to list on Korean electronic trading platform Kosdaq, has attracted high, early demand for shares. Continue reading
Appen pays up to USD 300m for automated data annotation platform Figure Eight, preempting an emerging threat to its crowd-based business model. Continue reading
Language industry startups Unbabel and Lilt took to the stage at one of Europe’s largest machine learning conferences and explained how they build atop evermore sophisticated AI tech. Continue reading
Francesco Bombassei, Senior Technical Program Manager at Google, presented at SlatorCon and discussed AutoML Translate, how ever accelerating computing power impacts development, and the human... Continue reading
The demand for high quality language data to train machine learning systems including neural machine translation is fuelling a growth curve for providers Appen, Flitto, and others. Continue reading
Hybrid Transcription services powered by neural transcription engines are changing the playing field for transcription companies, and the language services industry will do well to learn from... Continue reading
Shares in newly listed Straker Translations rise 13% from offer price in first week of trading after IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange, valuing the company at USD 62 million. Continue reading
AI-focused text analytics company Expert System posts 52% revenue growth for the first half 2018, as total sales reach EUR 12.9m, driven by recurring licenses and foreign sales. Continue reading
As language data becomes increasingly prominent in the age of neural networks and machine learning, a number of use cases highlight the need for high quality training data, such as South Korea’s... Continue reading
New Zealand’s Straker Translations is on a roadshow to secure potential institutional investors for an Initial Public Offering on the Australian Stock Exchange next month that would value the USD... Continue reading
What can secure machine translation do for a USD 10 billion a year technology giant? SDL’s MT solutions delivered exceptional security, reduced costs and consistently accurate translation. Continue reading
Making do with less training data, infusing models with more document-level context, and increasing efficiency and reducing power consumption have been high on the agenda of neural machine... Continue reading
Can machines become as good as humans in natural language? Are CAT tools getting far too complicated? Will users increasingly grow comfortable with sacrificing data privacy for personalized... Continue reading
Jaroslaw Kutylowski, Chief Technology Officer of DeepL, talks about why they decided to enter machine translation, discusses how they plan to monetize their technology, and weighs in on the man... Continue reading
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