New and study of Bidu
- 10/24/2018
- China’s Baidu challenges Google with A.I. that translates languages in real-time
Baidu unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered tool that can translate languages in real time on Wednesday. - The simultaneous translation feature has been trained on two million pairs of English and Chinese sentences.
- The Chinese tech giant is posing a challenge to Google which last year unveiled its real-time translation tool.
Baidu acknowledged the limitations of its translation tool however, and said that it would likely not be ready to replace human interpreters or take the place of a real-life translation at a major political event soon.
“We hope this AI technology will reduce the burden on human interpreters. But we are not tying to replace human interpreters, who we will continue to be depend on their services for many years to come especially for high stake occasions which require consistent and more precise interpretation,” Huang told CNBC.
