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‘Like Syd Barrett’: AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of Pink Floyd star and James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversightAI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and tech bro jargon, new research has found.Autonomous AI agents are […]

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The death of ‘hello’: how gen Z – and scammers – put paid to the greeting

If you’re called by an unidentified number, the advice is to remain silent until you’re sure there’s a human being on the line. Is this the end of an era?Name: Hello.Age: 200 years old. Continue reading…

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How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog

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Could the next great novel be written by AI (and would you even be able to tell)?

As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of fiction in an age of ChatGPTThree paragraphs, from three different hotel reviews. Can you tell which, if any, were AI‑generated?“The hotel is

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Let’s call it what it is: antisocial media | Brief letters

Tech platforms | Concerned AI | David Sullivan | Contacting MPs | MoggingWhy is it that in the coverage of the downsides of the activities of the tech bros’ platforms, the term “social media” is used (Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest, 6 June). “Social” implies care, consideration and cooperation.

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AI will make language barriers disappear – and diminish our understanding of other cultures

Machines may soon translate every conversation flawlessly. But language is more than information – it is curiosity, intimacy and cultural discoveryOne of my earliest assignments as a young interpreter was to provide simultaneous interpretation for the proceedings of an ecumenical council that brought together all Christian denominations. As my homework, I dutifully read scripture, the

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Europe’s AI translation industry told it risks reputation by partnering with US firms

Partnership between top startup DeepL and Amazon comes amid concern about Silicon Valley’s monopoly over digital infrastructureAI companies in Europe risk losing their world-leading status in the field of machine translation, industry figures have said, after the decision by one of the continent’s leading startups to partner with Amazon’s cloud computing division provoked alarm.While businesses

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Introducing Translator Copilot: Bridging Customers and Translators with AI  

Translator Copilot is Unbabel’s new AI assistant built directly into our CAT tool. It leverages large language models (LLMs) and Unbabel’s proprietary Quality Estimation (QE) technology to act as a smart second pair of eyes for every translation. From checking whether customer instructions are followed to flagging potential errors in real time, Translator Copilot strengthens

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Introducing Translator Copilot: Bridging Customers and Translators with AI  

Translator Copilot is Unbabel’s new AI assistant built directly into our CAT tool. It leverages large language models (LLMs) and Unbabel’s proprietary Quality Estimation (QE) technology to act as a smart second pair of eyes for every translation. From checking whether customer instructions are followed to flagging potential errors in real time, Translator Copilot strengthens

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TowerLLM, Unbabel’s GenAI for translation, ushers in the next era of machine translation  

Machine translation (MT) has come a long way. From the early rule-based systems to the advent of neural networks, the field has seen remarkable advancements. For more than a decade, Unbabel has been at the forefront of this evolution, leveraging state-of-the-art technologies like quality estimation (QE) to enhance translation accuracy and fluency.  However, despite all

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