Amazon Unveils Long-Term Goal in Natural Language Processing
Amazon presents three ways it hopes to extend current natural language processing R&D beyond just a small subset of the world's 7,000+ languages.
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Low Resource, High Potential — NeuralSpace CEO Felix Laumann on Democratizing NLP
NeuralSpace CEO, Felix Laumann, joins the pod to discuss how they overcome the lack of research, data, and tools when training NLP models in low-resource languages.
Reader Polls: New Ways to Post-Edit Machine Translation
Could a mouse-less, keyboard-less future be in the cards for translators? Slator readers weigh in on this and other developments in language technology.
Low-Resource Language API Platform NeuralSpace Raises USD 1.7m in Seed Round
SaaS platform, designed for software and app developers with limited knowledge of NLP, valued at USD 11m; advocates “voice-first” approach for end-users in developing countries.
Meta Unveils Supercomputer to Power Translation in the Metaverse
Meta shoots for completing world’s fastest supercomputer by mid-2022. Here’s what it can do in terms of natural language processing and translation — and what the facility looks like today.
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For Dataset Creation, Humans Should Evaluate Machine Text — New Research
As more language service providers explore data collection and annotation, a new study shows large language models generate more diverse content, while humans excel at rating it.
Blazing-Fast Machine Translation With Kenneth Heafield
University of Edinburgh’s Kenneth Heafield joins the Pod to discuss translation efficiency, quality research, and industry vs. academia. Plus: Anna Wyndham on 10 areas where translators remain essential experts in the loop.
Indian SaaS Translation Startup, Devnagri, Closes USD 0.6m Seed Round
Indian language human+AI translation platform, Devnagri, raises USD 600,000 to help businesses reach one billion Indians in their own regional language. CEO reveals what’s next after text translation.
Inside DeepL and Welocalize VP Olga Beregovaya on Language Tech Evolution
Unpacking DeepL’s turbo growth; and Welocalize AI Innovation VP, Olga Beregovaya, joins the Pod to discuss the evolution of NLP, the state of AI, and global content transformation.
Facebook Takes a Stab at True Speech-to-Speech Translation via Textless NLP
Facebook sees textless natural language processing (NLP) as rendering automatic speech translation (ASR) obsolete by working in true end-to-end fashion: from speech input to speech output.
From Software Engineer to CEO: TextShuttle Names Lucas Seiler Its New Leader
Switzerland-based machine translation provider, TextShuttle, promotes Software Engineer, Lucas Seiler, to CEO. Seiler on their business model and growth opportunities.
Reader Polls: Should Translators Learn to Code? Is Creative MT an Oxymoron?
Translators should start learning how to write computer code, said the majority of poll respondents. But nearly half believe that creative machine translation is a non-starter.
Translators, Meet Python: Most Popular Programming Language for Student Linguists
Students of linguistics will likely run into Python, the most popular programming language for learning translation technology today given its user-friendliness and ubiquity.
The Components of a Successful Buyer-LSP Relationship
What makes a buyer stay with a language service provider for over 17 years? Dell’s Wayne Bourland and Welocalize’s Darin Goble on the longstanding partnership between the two companies.
Appen Shares Tumble After Disappointing Results and 2021 Outlook
While Covid’s impact on clients’ priorities limited Appen’s revenue growth to 12%, the data-for-AI giant hopes new clients and the Chinese market will boost future performance.
How to Improve Automatic Machine Translation Evaluation? Add Humans, Scientists Say
Scientists propose new system to standardize automatic evaluation of NLP systems by adding humans in the loop; encourage fellow researchers to submit text generation models for evaluation.
How to Improve Speech Recognition Technology for Your Business
Flitto provides multilingual corpus, speech, and image data to train AI engines in 25 different languages, covering a number of domains including conversational, colloquial, and medical.
Creator of Writing Productivity Tool Wordtune Raises USD 25m Series A
AI21 Labs, maker of Wordtune, raises USD 25m in funding. Brings total funds raised to USD 34.5m, after previous 2019 seed round. Both rounds led by Israel-based VC, Pitango First.
Expert System Raises USD 29.4m to Grow Enterprise Natural Language Tech
Italy-listed natural language processing provider Expert System raises USD 29.4m in share placement; hires two C-level execs to drive Sales and Marketing.
GPT-3: What You Need to Know About the World’s Largest Language Model
Select users test OpenAI’s 175-billion-parameter language model GPT-3 in private beta and light up Twitter with examples of its output. Could it impact the language industry?
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