Show Notes
For this episode of DGT podcast: Languages and Technology, our guest is Marina Pantcheva, Director of Linguistic AI Services Center of Excellence at RWS and cofounder of the AI Localization Think Tank. Marina is a frequent and much-appreciated speaker at our Translating Europe Forum. We talk about bias in AI models, the importance of reading and what the future has in store for the next generation of linguists.
Music: Title:Days Past. Author: In Closing. Source: In Closing - Days Past (auboutdufil.com). Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.fr
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