Ministry seeks JPY 2bn (USD 19m) in 2020 budget for AI-powered simultaneous interpretation by 2025 World Expo; 2020 Tokyo Olympics chief interpreter discusses progress in interpreting technology. 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
Facebook has been granted a patent for its machine translation quality evaluation system, which relies on user engagement data to decide which translation users prefer. Continue reading
Financial machine translation company Lingua Custodia raises USD 1.3m with help of angel investor platform; plans to open new office in European fund hub Luxembourg. Continue reading
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
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