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Facebook ditches Bing, 800M users now see its own AI text translations
Machine learning is accomplishing Facebook’s mission of connecting the world across language barriers. Facebook is now serving 2 billion text translations per day. Facebook can translate across 40 languages in 1,800 directions, like French to English. And 800 million users, almost half of all Facebook users, see translations each month. That’s all based on Facebook’s own […]
A 3D MAP OF THE BRAIN SHOWS HOW WE UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE
A 3D view of a person’s cerebral cortex. The color of each voxel indicates which category of words it is selective for. for example, green ones are mostly selective for visual and tactile concepts, while red voxels are mostly social ones. Each day, as we talk to friends, family, and coworkers, and consume podcasts, movies, […]
Don’t Let Your Message Get Lost in Translation – Key Insights on Localization
Successful communication between people is a delicate and quite complex process. Not only does it require some charisma, but a balanced level of empathy as well. What do I mean exactly when saying “successful communication?” In terms of marketing, it really boils down to one key point: to encourage the recipient of your message to answer […]
