Translation

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Machine Translation at the Border: Faulty translations jeopardize asylum applications.
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Machine Translation at the Border: Faulty translations jeopardize asylum applications.

For some asylum seekers, machine translation errors may make the difference between protection and deportation.

September 21, 20232 min read
Machine Translation at the Border: Faulty translations jeopardize asylum applications.
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Machine Translation at the Border: Faulty translations jeopardize asylum applications.

For some asylum seekers, machine translation errors may make the difference between protection and deportation.

September 21, 20232 min read
Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.
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Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.

A South African startup aims to lure talented engineers who left the continent to work abroad. Johannesburg research lab Lelapa.ai bills itself as a haven for African AI engineers who want to work on challenges that aren’t on Silicon Valley’s agenda.

April 5, 20231 min read
Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.
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Repatriating Talent: Lelapa brings AI talent back to Africa.

A South African startup aims to lure talented engineers who left the continent to work abroad. Johannesburg research lab Lelapa.ai bills itself as a haven for African AI engineers who want to work on challenges that aren’t on Silicon Valley’s agenda.

April 5, 20231 min read
Language Models, Extended: Large language models grew more reliable and less biased in 2022.
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Language Models, Extended: Large language models grew more reliable and less biased in 2022.

Researchers pushed the boundaries of language models to address persistent problems of trustworthiness, bias, and updatability.

December 21, 20222 min read
Language Models, Extended: Large language models grew more reliable and less biased in 2022.
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Language Models, Extended: Large language models grew more reliable and less biased in 2022.

Researchers pushed the boundaries of language models to address persistent problems of trustworthiness, bias, and updatability.

December 21, 20222 min read
Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein
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Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein

Most speech-to-speech translation systems use text as an intermediate mode. So how do you build an automated translator for a language that has no standard written form? A new approach trained neural networks to translate a primarily oral language.

November 30, 20223 min read
Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein
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Translating a Mostly Oral Language: How Meta Trained an NLP Model to Translate Hokkein

Most speech-to-speech translation systems use text as an intermediate mode. So how do you build an automated translator for a language that has no standard written form? A new approach trained neural networks to translate a primarily oral language.

November 30, 20223 min read
Massively Multilingual Translation: Machine Learning Model Trained to Translate 1,000 Languages
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Massively Multilingual Translation: Machine Learning Model Trained to Translate 1,000 Languages

Recent work showed that models for multilingual machine translation can increase the number of languages they translate by scraping the web for pairs of equivalent sentences in different languages. A new study radically expanded the language repertoire through training on untranslated web text.

November 2, 20223 min read
Massively Multilingual Translation: Machine Learning Model Trained to Translate 1,000 Languages
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Massively Multilingual Translation: Machine Learning Model Trained to Translate 1,000 Languages

Recent work showed that models for multilingual machine translation can increase the number of languages they translate by scraping the web for pairs of equivalent sentences in different languages. A new study radically expanded the language repertoire through training on untranslated web text.

November 2, 20223 min read
Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words
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Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words

The filmmakers used technology from Flawless AI to clean up the language, enabling the film to earn a rating that welcomes younger viewers.

August 17, 20222 min read
Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words
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Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words

The filmmakers used technology from Flawless AI to clean up the language, enabling the film to earn a rating that welcomes younger viewers.

August 17, 20222 min read
Speaking Your Language: Startup Papercup Offers AI-Powered Voice Translation
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Speaking Your Language: Startup Papercup Offers AI-Powered Voice Translation

A startup that automatically translates video voice overs into different languages is ready for its big break. London-based Papercup offers a voice translation service that combines algorithmic translation and voice synthesis with human-in-the-loop quality control.

June 29, 20222 min read
Speaking Your Language: Startup Papercup Offers AI-Powered Voice Translation
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Speaking Your Language: Startup Papercup Offers AI-Powered Voice Translation

A startup that automatically translates video voice overs into different languages is ready for its big break. London-based Papercup offers a voice translation service that combines algorithmic translation and voice synthesis with human-in-the-loop quality control.

June 29, 20222 min read
Generation Text: How beta testers reacted to GPT-3
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Generation Text: How beta testers reacted to GPT-3

People granted early access to OpenAI’s latest language model are raving about its way with words — and more. Beta testers of GPT-3 are showing off the model’s ability to write business memos, craft blogs, pen tweets, and even generate computer code.

July 29, 20202 min read

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