Appen Spends Big on Data Annotation Platform Figure Eight in Preemptive Move
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
Tag: machine learning
How Language Featured at the 2019 Applied Machine Learning Days
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
Inside Google’s Custom Neural Machine Translation—AutoML Translate
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
Insatiable Appetite for Language Data a Boon for Niche Providers
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
What the Translation Industry Can Learn from Transcription
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
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After IPO, Straker Shares Rise in First Week of Trading
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 Boom Drives Revenue Growth at Expert System in H1 2018
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
Korean Voice Assistant Highlights Tech’s Insatiable Hunger for Language Data
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
Straker Translations on Track for USD 57 Million IPO in Australia
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
Secure Machine Translation Minimizes Business Risks for USD 10B Technology Company
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
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Here’s What Machine Translation Researchers Are Geeking Out On
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
The Most Important Trends in Translation Technology for 2018
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
Why DeepL Got into Machine Translation and How It Plans to Make Money
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
Appen Revenues Surge 39% on AI and Machine Learning Boom
Shares in Sydney-based Appen continue to rally and are up more than 600% since 2015 IPO. Strong 1H 2017 earnings mostly driven by booming unit which trains machine learning products. Continue reading
Appen Posts Revenues of AUD 111m for 2016, Up 34%
Language services and data provider Appen continues to ride the machine learning and artificial intelligence boom, clocking up revenue growth of 34% versus 2016. While shares are up more than... Continue reading
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