2024-07-19 14:42:19
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Translations with DeepL now even more accurate
Updated on 18.07.2024 – 16:42Reading time: 6 min.
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The German start-up DeepL has introduced a new AI model for translations. According to the company, the system delivers more accurate results than the competition from Google, Microsoft and OpenAI. The Cologne-based company refers to blind tests by language experts who are said to have preferred DeepL translations more often.
Unlike other AI models, DeepL’s new technology was specifically developed for translation. The company says it uses special data collected over seven years. In addition, “thousands of hand-picked and specially trained language experts” were involved in the optimization.
The new model is initially only available to DeepL Pro customers for English, Japanese, German and simplified Chinese – more are to follow soon. DeepL offers paid solutions for companies as well as a free version for short texts. The start-up employs around 900 people and is valued at around 1.85 billion euros.
More and more companies in Germany are using artificial intelligence in their workflows and business processes. According to the Munich-based Ifo Institute, citing the results of its economic surveys, 27 percent of companies currently use AI – a year ago, the figure was less than half (13.3 percent).
Expectations for the new technology are high. According to the survey results, companies are hoping for a productivity boost of over ten percent through AI applications. Use has increased significantly, particularly in the automotive industry, the advertising sector, market research and the IT sector. The Ifo Institute expects this development to accelerate.
But not all sectors are equally enthusiastic. In the construction industry and the catering industry, almost half (42 and 40 percent respectively) of companies currently see no application possibilities for AI. For around one in five German companies, the use of such tools is not an issue at all.
+++ Claude AI now also available as an Android app (July 16, 2024) +++
The AI chatbot Claude from the manufacturer Anthropic is now also available as an app for Android smartphones. This includes the Sonnett 3.5 model, which it claims is the “most intelligent AI model in the world”. Android users can download and install the app for free from the Google Play Store.
Claude’s Android app works just like the web version and Claude on iOS. After registering once, it runs in both the free version and the paid versions Pro and Team. It offers users the following functions:
- Cross-platform and cross-device synchronization: Users can resume conversations they had with Claude on other devices.
- Image processing functions: Users can capture new images or upload files for real-time image analysis.
- Multilingual processing: Real-time language translation facilitates communication in different languages and helps translate signs, pictures or menus.
- Advanced thinking: Claude can help users tackle complex problems, such as analyzing a presentation or doing research to prepare for a meeting.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can increase the creativity of individual stories, but when used multiple times it leads to less varied content. This is the result of a scientific study published in the journal “Science Advances”.
It shows that while AI can generate good story ideas for stories that audiences perceive as novel and useful, the study found that AI-assisted stories are more similar to each other and less diverse than works written without AI support.
Professor Oliver Hauser of the University of Exeter Business School explained: “Our results show how generative AI can boost creativity, but also that it could reduce collective novelty.” Hauser spoke of a “downward spiral” that could lead to a societal dilemma.
“If individual authors find that their writing inspired by generative AI is rated as more creative, they have an incentive to use more generative AI in the future.” However, this could further reduce the collective novelty of stories.
The federal government is increasingly relying on artificial intelligence. This is evident from the federal government’s response to a parliamentary inquiry by digital politician Anke Domscheit-Berg (Left Party). According to the report, the number of AI projects in ministries and authorities has more than doubled from 100 to over 212 in just one year.
Robert Habeck’s Ministry of Economic Affairs is a pioneer in particular, with 44 AI projects. But other ministries such as the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture also frequently use AI. For example, it helps with analyzing texts, detecting forest fires or improving weather forecasts.