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Helena Batt Says AI Dubbing Is ‘Just the Beginning’ for TED Talks – slator.com

[ad_1] For aspiring young changemakers who grew up watching TED Talks, it may be hard to believe that the nonprofit has been around since 1984. Over the past four decades, the organization’s focus has expanded from technology and design to include just about every topic under the sun — with hopes to eventually be available […]

Google Aligns LLM Translation with Human Translation Processes – slator.com

[ad_1] In a September 10, 2024 paper, researchers from Google introduced a multi-step process aimed at improving the translation quality in large language models (LLMs) by mimicking human translation workflows. They explained that machine translation (MT) has been treated as a “single, monolithic task,” where a source text is simply translated into a target language. […]

EC Innovations Appoints Sijie Wei as Co-CEO – slator.com

[ad_1] Singapore-based language technology, services, and game localization specialist, EC Innovations (ECI), announced the appointment of Sijie Wei as Co-CEO on September 13, 2024.  Wei, formerly of Goldman Sachs and with degrees in AI and computer science, has been working at ECI for some time. He joins Dr. James Wei, Founder, President, and Co-CEO at […]

‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of YouTube Creators Set to Gain Access to AI Dubbing – slator.com

[ad_1] YouTube has taken a major step in integrating automatic dubbing into content creators’ standard workflows. The video platform’s Chief Product Officer, Johanna Voolich, announced on September 18, 2024, that “hundreds of thousands” of creators would — over the coming months — get access to automatic dubbing capabilities. YouTube’s announcement did not specify the exact […]

Smartcat’s Series C, YouTube Dubs, Viva Translate Shuts Down – slator.com

[ad_1] Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, where they give their impressions from SlatorCon Silicon Valley and touch upon the findings from the 2024 ALC Industry Survey. In a significant funding update, Esther reports that Smartcat raised USD 43m in a Series C round, bringing their total funding to USD […]

US House Unanimously Passes Bill Expanding Language Access for Telehealth – slator.com

[ad_1] On September 18, 2024, the US House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation to expand language access for telehealth services.  The Supporting Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act, or Bill HR 6033, was introduced by Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA) in October 2023, sparked in part by the widespread adoption of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic.  […]

Translating Input in Prompts Improves LLM Performance for Low-Resource Languages – slator.com

[ad_1] In a September 6, 2024, paper, Tejas Deshpande and Nidhi Kowtal from the Pune Institute of Computer Technology, along with Raviraj Joshi from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, introduced Chain-of-Translation Prompting (CoTR), a new prompting technique designed to improve the performance of large language models (LLMs) for low-resource languages. The researchers explained that […]

Uber and Phrase on How to Leverage the Language AI Stack in Localization – slator.com

[ad_1] The sun shone brightly as industry leaders gathered for a series of presentations and panels at SlatorCon Silicon Valley in Menlo Park on September 5, 2024. Anna Wyndham, Slator Head of Research, moderated the first afternoon panel session, titled “The Language AI Stack.” In this panel, Phrase’s CEO, Georg Ell, and Uber’s Head of […]