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Briefing
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- Near Human Translation Accuracy – Google Translate's new artificial intelligence algorithm scored 5.2 out of 6 in translating Spanish to English in company experiments, nearing human translation accuracy with score of 5.4
- New AI Technique – Switched to new artificial intelligence method, called Google Neural Machine Translation (GNMT), which translates entire sentences to get meaning versus previous algorithm based on Phrase-Based Machine Translation (PBMT) that does word-for-word or phrase-by-phrase translation
- Experiment Methodology – Humans rated how well Google's old PBMT and new GNMT algorithms and human translators performed in translating Wikipedia and news articles with score of 6 given for perfect translation
- Decreased Error Rate – Reduced errors by more than 60% compared to previous algorithm
- Languages Included – Plans initial release of new algorithm in Mandarin and will scale to include other languages in future
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Information Technology
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Organization
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Google Inc.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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September 27, 2016
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