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Alongside them, a new generation of AI safety, alignment, and evaluation firms, including Lakera and Gray Swan, has emerged. Language solutions integrators are playing an increasingly important role, too. Slator's research shows that around 10% have established dedicated Data-for-AI divisions. (Notable examples include TransPerfect, RWS, Welocalize, and Acolad.) Against this backdrop, what do frontier labs actually look for when selecting data-for-AI partners?

Michela Simonelli, Translation Operations Manager at Wayfair, noted how localization management is no longer a purely operational role, saying that, "[AI] is definitely changing the role...it's moving it to being a bit more of a strategic role.

We provide Slator subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers.

European Commission Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen said, "EUROPA will build a frontier European AI model in all 24 EU languages, showing that we can match the best while staying true to our values." She added that the initiative demonstrates Europe can "lead in advanced AI on its own terms" while strengthening its ability to shape AI "with openness, trust and strategic autonomy at its core." Domyn CEO and Founder Uljan Sharka described...

The new defining topic in localization appears to be something called Contextual Understanding, powered by AI. It goes by other names: Content Intelligence, File X-Ray, Comprehensive Metadata, Content Fabric, but it describes the same capability. And its implications could be transformative for the industry.

Voice AI startup Coval raises USD 28m to expand its platform for simulating, evaluating, and monitoring enterprise conversational AI systems.

Valence was founded by Chloe Duckworth and Shannon Brownlee in 2021 and currently has a team of 15. Duckworth told Slator that the company's products differ from standard sentiment analysis because those systems are based on the words spoken. However, "research puts verbal content at roughly 7% of what's actually communicated in spoken conversation," says Duckworth.

The European Commission provides an update on how AI translation fits within the EU AI Act's transparency rules.

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