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As an IT professional, I am constantly inspired by the potential of technology to drive positive change. One area where this potential is particularly evident is in diversity and inclusion.

Apps, IT, and legal tech tools aren’t just about increasing efficiency or reducing costs – they’re also about leveling the playing field and making everything accessible to everyone. For example, helping those with dyslexia or other learning difficulties by identifying and correcting errors so that their work is not unfairly disadvantaged by difficulties with spelling or grammar.

Similarly, spelling, grammar, and machine translation tools can help overcome language barriers for non-native English speakers, enabling them to contribute fully and effectively to our collective work.

Visually impaired people can benefit from text-to-speech capabilities that do not require rocket science kits – they are available on every single modern mobile phone.

Hearing impaired people, and again, us foreigners, benefit from automatic captioning in pre-produced videos and live Zoom or Teams meetings, as well as transcription of any audio messages, and so on. In some environments, adaptive noise cancellation in in-ear headphones is better than much more expensive professional hearing aids.

But it’s not just about accommodating disabilities or language differences – it’s also about fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. Tools that encourage collaboration and communication can help ensure that every voice is heard and valued, regardless of background or identity.

However, there are no translation tools to help the haters understand the wokes (two words I do not regularly use) and vice versa. Many people never think to put themselves in their opponent’s shoes, that there is a chance that they might be right on one particular point.

So it is up to us to be inclusive. For everyone. Always.

Ultimately, diversity and inclusion are not just about fairness – they are also about excellence. We need to ensure that we benefit from the full range of talents, experiences, and perspectives that our diverse team has to offer.

I had yesterday morning the pleasure to present machine translation capabilities in our famous TTT virtual meeting series from the „TV studio“ in our notorious Innovation & Best Delivery Hub together with Ursula and Gudrun. It is impressive how well machine translation has developed. For a simple translation for information purposes, the outcome is really helpful, but to make it perfect, a Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tool and professional human translators like Gudrun are essential – each sentence only needs to be translated once. We had over 100 participants, loads of good questions, and very positive feedback.

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AI is the future. Especially generative AI, as already discussed. APIs are present.  For the non-IT people here: API stands for „Application Programming Interface“). An API is a defined interface through which software programs can communicate and interact with each other.

APIs are so great because they provide a simple and standardised way to share data and functions between different systems. By using an API, businesses can quickly and efficiently access the functionality of other programs without having to code them from scratch. Furthermore, they improve the security and stability of the underlying systems and also facilitate the management of permissions and access control.

„Why is no one talking about APIs?“ weiterlesen

We are just witnessing the public launch of a revolution that will be at least as big as the widespread introduction of the steam engine, electricity, the assembly line, or the Internet. Incredibly few people realise how radical the upheavals caused by artificial intelligence will be. Especially those who should actually know. Including me.

The results of Generative AI are formally and textually impressive, but the meaningfulness and truthfulness are not always. Sometimes ludicrously wrong.

„Where have all the AI riots gone?“ weiterlesen