Five Reasons to Attend Smartling’s Global Ready Conference – slator.com
In a year where generative AI, global expansion, and budget-conscious growth dominate business conversations, Smartling’s Global Ready Conference (GRC) couldn’t be more relevant. Taking place virtually on April 30, GRC unites leaders and global strategists across industries to discuss what’s truly working in localization and how businesses can move faster, scale smarter, and build deeper […]
Language AI Briefing April 2025 – slator.com
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Should AI Translations Qualify for Copyright Protection? – slator.com
In March 2025, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled (PDF) that purely AI-generated works cannot receive copyright protection. AI translation is — of course — an example of AI-generated works, and with intellectual property (IP) in translation long being a hot potato in the US and beyond, translators are increasingly crying foul over the use […]
OXO and Powerling Combine Forces to Strengthen Their Leadership in Global Content Solutions – slator.com
April 14, 2025 – Lille, France / Montreal, Canada – Powerling, a leading global provider of content solutions, is pleased to welcome OXO, a dynamic player in the language services industry, into its Group. Effective immediately, this strategic move represents a significant milestone for both companies. Powerling and OXO will leverage their combined strengths to […]
KUDO Provides Live AI Translation and Captions for CLIA’s WorldSpeak 2025 Conference – slator.com
(Friday, April 11, 2025, New York City, NY) – For its second annual conference, WorldSpeak 2025 on April 16 – Organized by the Canadian Language Industry Association (CLIA) – will be accessible in multiple languages using live AI speech translation and real-time captions, thanks to a partnership with KUDO. This collaboration underscores KUDO’s ongoing commitment […]
AI and the Future of Transcreation with Creative Translation CEO Luke Innes – slator.com
Luke Innes, CEO of Creative Translation, joins SlatorPod to discuss how the global transcreation agency puts “human at the heart of the process” of multilingual branding by combining creativity, cultural insight, and strategic use of AI. Luke recounts his unconventional entry into the language services industry, charting a path from his roots in design to […]
Multilingual AI Voice and Dubbing Startup pyannoteAI Raises EUR 8.1M – slator.com
Multilingual AI voice and dubbing startup pyannoteAI has announced that it has raised EUR 8.1m (USD 8.9m) in seed funding to grow and scale its core technology — speaker diarization — in multiple languages. Speaker diarization uses AI to understand who said what in a conversation. The round was led by Crane Venture Partners and […]
AI Dubbing Startup Linguana Raises USD 8.5M to Scale Multilingual YouTube Channels – slator.com
Multilingual AI dubbing startup Linguana has announced that it has raised USD 8.5m in seed funding to scale multilingual YouTube channels for content creators worldwide. Investors included early-stage venture firm 2LVC and angel investors Oren Zeev, Zohar Gilon, Eyal Waldman, and Oren Dobronsky. According to investor Oren Zeev, “Linguana is addressing one of the biggest […]
AI Translation Improves for Indic Languages. Preserving Sentiment Still a Challenge – slator.com
In an April 2, 2025 paper researchers from the Transitional Artificial Intelligence Research Group at UNSW Sydney and the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at Pingla Institute, Sydney, evaluated how large language models (LLMs) fare with complex, culturally and emotionally rich Indian texts. The study compared the performance of OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4o, Google’s […]
Slator 2025 Legal Services and Language AI Report – slator.com
The 90-page Slator 2025 Legal Services and Language AI Report provides an extensive and in-depth view of the global trends and regulations of the legal services industry, and the impact that these have on the demand for language services, language AI, and technology. The report analyzes macro-level trends in the legal services industry and offers […]