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 and technological challenges in machine learning. 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 drawing parallels between transcription and translation. 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 KT GiGA Genie. 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 17m revenue LSP at a premium USD 57m. 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 translation researchers over recent months. 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 digital comfort? These issues are examined with bold quotes and predictions from the memoQ Trend Report 2018. 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 vs. machine debate. Continue reading
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
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 300% since IPO, they are down slightly in 2017. Continue reading
Yandex hires Microsoft veteran, folds machine translation unit into new machine learning division. Russian language industry researcher says while Yandex has a home court advantage, it will forever fight an uphill battle against Google. Continue reading
Committee advising US President on science and tech policy formulation and budget development publishes report on the impact of rapid progress in artificial intelligence. Paper classifies translation under Narrow AI and calls progress in the area remarkable. Continue reading
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