Multilingual AI Voice and Dubbing Startup pyannoteAI Raises EUR 8.1M

"Multilingual AI voice and dubbing startup pyannoteAI has announced that it has raised EUR 8.1m (USD 8.9m) in seed funding to grow and scale its core technology — speaker diarization — in multiple languages. Speaker diarization uses AI to understand who said what in a conversation.

The round was led by Crane Venture Partners and Serena, and included participation from angel investors Julien Chaumond, CTO at Hugging Face, and Alexis Conneau, ex-Research Scientist at Meta and Co-creator of the Advanced Voice Mode neural network at OpenAI."

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Slator 2025 Legal Services and Language AI Report

"The 90-page Slator 2025 Legal Services and Language AI Report provides an extensive and in-depth view of the global trends and regulations of the legal services industry, and the impact that these have on the demand for language services, language AI, and technology.

The report analyzes macro-level trends in the legal services industry and offers insight into how these macro-trends impact the language services and technology industry. This includes trends in litigation vs. international arbitration, and how the growth of LegalTech is witnessing an increasing number of tools that incorporate translation as a feature."

https://slator.com/slator-...

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In Internal Memo, Shopify CEO Says AI Has Already Sped Up Translations 100x

"Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke disclosed the leaking of an internal memo on AI on April 7, 2025, by posting on X with a provocative headline: “Reflexive AI usage is now a baseline expectation at Shopify.”

“Our task here at Shopify is to make our software unquestionably the best canvas on which to develop the best businesses of the future,” Lütke wrote. “For that we need to be absolutely ahead.”

In keeping with Shopify’s core values to “be a constant learner” and “thrive on change,” every employee is now “expected to use AI effectively,” Lütke explained, adding that “brilliant” usage of AI is already helping high-achievers accomplish “100x the work.”

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Does Word-Level Quality Estimation Really Improve AI Translation Post-Editing?

"AI translation has become an integral part of translation workflows, with post-editing being a standard practice in the language industry.
In this context, quality estimation (QE) has been proposed and integrated into many computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools to direct post-editors’ attention to segments that need revision."

https://slator.com/does-wo...

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New U.S. Study Highlights Impact of Language Barriers on Hospital Readmission Rates

A newly resurfaced U.S. study sheds light on how language discordance—the mismatch between a patient’s preferred language and that of their healthcare provider—significantly increases the risk of unplanned hospital and emergency department readmissions, particularly for patients with LEP (Limited English Proficiency).

As the conversation around health equity evolves, the findings emphasize the need for consistent, accessible, and high-quality interpretation services across healthcare systems.

Explore the full article and dive deeper into how language access can reshape patient care: https://slator.com/us-stud...

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Multi-Agent AI Framework Aims to Improve Cultural Adaptation in AI Translation

"In a March 5, 2025 paper, researchers from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and the University of Oklahoma proposed a multi-agent AI framework for culturally adaptive AI translation, particularly for low-resource languages.
This multi-agent approach comes as the translation industry increasingly explores the limitless opportunities that agents can offer, along with the huge potential of agentic machine translation, where specialized AI agents collaborate across different stages of a translation workflow."

https://slator.com/multi-a...

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Unbabel Tackles Metric Bias in AI Translation

Slator reports on Unbabel’s initiative to tackle metric bias in AI driven machine translation tools. The article explores how skewed evaluation metrics can affect translation quality and fairness, with Unbabel leading efforts to develop innovative solutions that improve AI performance across diverse languages.

https://slator.com/unbabel...

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How Mature Is AI Interpreting - Insights into the Future of Language Technology

Explore the advancements and challenges of AI in interpreting with Slator in-depth analysis. Learn how AI is transforming interpreting workflows, enhancing language access, and shaping the future of communication. Explore this quickly developing area of language technology to learn about its possibilities, constraints, and potential.

https://slator.com/how-mat...

#aiinterpreting #languagetechnology #futureofinterpreting #AIInnovation #languageaccess #interpretingworkflows #techinlanguage #aicommunication #slator #slatorcon

CEOs React to Trump’s English-Only Executive Order

Explore the insights from language industry CEOs as they discuss the implications of President Trump’s executive order making English the sole official language in the US. Learn how this decision could affect language access in critical sectors like healthcare, education, and legal services, and how the language services industry may adapt with AI innovation to meet new demands.

https://slator.com/ceos-re...

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