Putting neural networks under the microscope
Researchers from MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) are putting the machine-learning systems known as neural networks under the microscope.
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Bible helps researchers perfect translation algorithms
In search of inspiration for improving computer-based text translators, researchers at Dartmouth College turned to the Bible for guidance. The result is an algorithm trained on various versions of the sacred texts that can ...
Oct 23, 2018
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How machine learning can break down language and trade barriers
Steep tariffs, challenging geography, government subsidies, and restrictive quotas come to mind when we think about the barriers to international trade. But there are lots of different languages in the world, and translation ...
Sep 12, 2018
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Using multi-task learning for low-latency speech translation
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in Germany, have recently applied multi-task machine learning to low-latency neural speech translation. Their study, which was pre-published on ArXiv, addresses ...
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Chinese to English translating: Not human, but exceptional
Microsoft announced Wednesday that its labs have developed an AI machine translation system that can translate from Chinese to English with the same accuracy as can a human. The researchers are at Asia and U.S. labs of Microsoft.
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Technique illuminates the inner workings of artificial-intelligence systems that process language
Neural networks, which learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing huge sets of training data, have been responsible for the most impressive recent advances in artificial intelligence, including speech-recognition and ...
Dec 11, 2017
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Google Brain posse takes neural network approach to translation
(Tech Xplore)—The closer we can get a machine translation to be on par with expert human translation, the happier lots of people struggling with translations will be.
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Quality of sentence leaps turns corner thanks to newly announced Google machine translation system
(Tech Xplore)—Cutesy headlines are not always appreciated as some readers just want the facts without smirks and giggles. Nonetheless, the headline in this week's Engadget was both funny and quite descriptive: "Google's ...
