Language AI Briefing July 2024 – slator.com
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Can AI Agents Execute Complete Translation Workflows? – slator.com
[ad_1] In the period between May and July 2024, publicly listed game services and localization provider Keywords Studios has been in the news about possibly going private. It became known in May that Swedish private equity firm EQT had made a GBP 2.2bn (USD 2.8bn) offer for the company. And as of the publication of […]
This Startup Promises to Deliver ‘Language Transposition’ to Universal Music Group – slator.com
[ad_1] Voice cloning is making inroads in an entertainment-adjacent industry: the music world. In a milestone agreement, SoundLabs AI, an AI music startup, will provide Universal Music Group’s extensive roster of musicians with a range of new technologies — including a “language transposition” feature. SoundLabs’ forthcoming feature, MicDrop, allows artists to use their own voices […]
How Large Language Models Replace Neural Machine Translation with Unbabel’s João Graca – slator.com
[ad_1] João Graça, Co-founder and CTO of language operations platform Unbabel, joins SlatorPod to talk about the present and future of large language models (LLMs) and their broad impact across all things translation and localization. First, the CTO explains how Unbabel was founded to address language barriers for people using services like Airbnb, combining MT […]
How AI Automation Can Fast-Track LQA – slator.com
[ad_1] Georg Ell, Phrase CEO, and Simone Bohnenberger-Rich, PhD, Chief Product Officer addressed SlatorCon Remote June 2024 attendees to discuss what can be achieved with AI-enabled automation in localization LQA. The Phrase executives answered questions related to the integration of AI into different offerings and the types of benefits to be gained through automation. To […]
LanguageWire is Bringing Retrieval Augmented Generation to the Language Industry – slator.com
[ad_1] A new acronym is gaining ground in the language industry: Retrieval Augmented Generation, also known as RAG, a technique that uses prompting to instruct large language models (LLMs) with knowledge, data, and context. In other words, RAG is a sophisticated way of finding more relevant content in response to queries. If a client or […]
Toppan Digital Language Acquires Meinrad, Expands into DACH Region – slator.com
[ad_1] Language service provider, Toppan Digital Language, has confirmed that it has acquired Austrian LSP, Meinrad, marking the company’s first presence in the DACH region. The terms of the transaction were undisclosed. Christophe Djaouani, President of Toppan Digital Language, told Slator that there was a “strong cultural alignment” of the companies. “Having built out our […]
Here’s a New Dataset for Evaluating Metaphorical Language in Machine Translation – slator.com
[ad_1] In a June 19, 2024 paper, researchers from the University of Sheffield, the University of Waterloo, the University of Manchester, the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), and the tech company 01.AI introduced a multilingual dataset for evaluating machine translation (MT) quality of metaphorical language. This new dataset aims to fill a gap […]
AI Video Startup Captions Valued at USD 500M in USD 60M Series C – slator.com
[ad_1] AI video editing startup Captions announced on July 9, 2024, that it had raised USD 60m in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funds raised thus far to USD 100m. The company’s valuation was also pegged at USD 500m. The lead investor was Index Ventures, which also backed DeepL’s most recent funding […]
Translated Announces Imminent’s 2024 Research Report: “Symbiotic Connections” – slator.com
[ad_1] The report explores the symbiosis between humans and machines, examining cognitive processes and language and highlighting technological advances driven by large language models and socio-technical system design challenges. ROME, 7 July 2024 — Translated, a global leader in AI-powered localization solutions, is pleased to announce the publication of ‘Symbiotic Connections,’ the fourth annual research […]