The social network uses AI to do a wide range of things, including tagging people in images, translating posts from one language to another, and catching prohibited content.
The company has installed new, high-powered servers designed to speed up efforts to train software to do things like translate posts between languages, be a smarter virtual assistant, or follow written narratives.
Soon after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on Friday, the volunteer bloggers for Global Voices in East Asia put together special coverage of the devastation, sharing citizen videos and translating posts on Twitter, including calls for help from people stranded on the upper floors of buildings.
But while that is certainly the most well-known implementation, Facebook relies on the technology extensively for translating posts on News Feed, among other uses.
But while that is certainly the most well-known implementation, Facebook relies on the technology extensively for translating posts on News Feed, among other uses.
You can read the full translated post here: "Friday night, you took an exceptional life - the love of my life, the mother of my son - but you will not have my hatred.
"Nine out of ten told me, 'That's impossible.' That's why I thought, 'This is it,"' said Mr. Sakanishi, 31, who recently started World Jumper, a Web site that facilitates global conversations on topics like anime, food and sports by translating posted comments into 10 languages.
According to a translated post (via Billboard): "Thanks to all the colleagues who believe in me and always count on me, we continue here I love them and blessings to all, they are part of my success.
The translated post on Mobile-Review doesn't say much, but generally it notes that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has been talking to Microsoft for the past few months about launching a WP7 handset.
