LOS ANGELES, July 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI Breakthrougha leading market research organization that identifies top companies, technologies and products in the global artificial intelligence (AI) market, today announced Localizationa leader in innovative translation and content solutions, has won the “Best Behavioral AI Solution” award at the 7th annual AI Breakthrough Awards program.
The 2024 AI Breakthrough Prize recognizes the groundbreaking innovation of Welocalize OPAL, an AI-enabled platform that brings together machine translation, large-scale language models and natural language processing to automate and enhance translation in more than 250 languages.
OPAL uses machine translation engines, large-scale language models (LLMs) and natural language processing (NLP) to automate multilingual content at scale to support customer workflows, communications and market expansion. OPAL also provides fit-for-purpose experience apps, connectors and human experts in the loop to ensure the highest level of quality for specific use cases including Sales & Marketing, Learning & Development, Product & Engineering, Legal & Compliance and Life Sciences.
The configurable, modular platform conveys accurate meaning, precise information and a consistent brand voice. Translations are delivered within minutes, enabling real-time communication, and OPAL can handle large volumes of content at scale.
“OPAL's key innovation is that it leverages the latest AI models to not only automate translation, quality assessment and error correction, but also integrates expert linguists when needed. This approach enables us to achieve extremely high translation quality at scale, much faster and at a lower cost than traditional methods,” said Paul Carr, CEO of Welocalize. “We are pleased to receive the 'Best Behavioral AI Solution' award from AI Breakthrough, which highlights our commitment to leveraging the latest technology to help our clients maximize their business value in global markets.”
The AI Breakthrough Awards' mission is to celebrate excellence and recognize innovation, effort, and success in a variety of categories related to AI and machine learning, including generative AI, computer vision, AIOps, deep learning, robotics, natural language processing, and industry-specific AI applications. This year's program received more than 5,000 nominations from more than 20 countries. Other 75 winners include companies such as Adobe, eBay, Honeywell, and IBM.
“Welocalize delivers proven, tangible business value by enabling better user experiences and strengthening relationships, ultimately reducing spend and increasing efficiencies. Today's communications happen at the speed of AI, and brands need to localize content quickly and easily to accelerate time to market and drive stronger business outcomes,” said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, AI Breakthrough. “OPAL combines workflows, user experience apps and AI models with enterprise content systems while providing high-quality translation, delivered in a purpose-built manner for a variety of use cases. Welocalize is the human touch behind cutting-edge AI translation.”
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About Welocalize, Inc.
Welocalize, a leader in innovative translation and global content solutions, is one of the largest language services providers in the world. Specializing in optimizing customer engagement through localized content, the company has helped the world's largest organizations achieve better business outcomes with multilingual global content. At the heart of their approach is OPAL, an AI-enabled platform that brings together machine translation, large-scale language models and natural language processing to automate and enhance translation in over 250 languages.
Building on this, Welocalize launched Welo Data in May 2024, a brand focused on improving AI data quality through services such as data annotation, collection, generation, content relevance, rapid engineering and fact testing, use of advanced annotations, and quality control to support global AI development. Founded in 1997 and boasting seven ISO certifications, Welocalize combines technical expertise with a vast network of language and subject matter experts to deliver unparalleled content services worldwide. Willow Localization
