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In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, gaining 100 million users within two months and setting a record for fastest-growing user base. Arguably,ever before have we seen such an event get so much hype in the history of technology. Language technology suddenly got propelled into the center of the wider public’s attention in a way unheard of since Google Translate entered the scene.

The language services industry is undergoing a profound transformation with the emergence of cutting-edge technologies such as ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs). These powerful language generation models have captivated the attention of businesses and language professionals alike, offering exciting possibilities for translation, localization, and content creation.

This article is an attempt to capture where our collective psyche is at this point, some five or six months after OpenAI publicly launched ChatGPT, and on the other, to take stock of all the work that still lies ahead of us as we continue to report on, test, and implement this latest piece of technology in our lives.

Since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, media outlets have been churning out article after article about how generative artificial intelligence (AI) is coming for our jobs. Nearly every week, a new piece comes out in publications like The Atlantic or Business Insider about how ChatGPT will “destabilize” the job market, making certain workers redundant.

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Today, machine translation (MT) is so pervasive that — for many young or early-career localization professionals, at least — it’s hard to imagine a time without it. But such a time did exist. Those with a decade or two of language industry experience under their belt have, no doubt, witnessed firsthand MT’s evolution into the nearly omnipresent entity that it is today.

It won’t come as any surprise that, like so many other organizations, Nimdzi Insights has been experimenting with ChatGPT since its public release in November 2022. While large language models (LLMs) have been around for a number of years, they have mostly gone unnoticed until ChatGPT broke the dam.

The Nimdzi 100 is one of our flagship publications. It includes a ranking of the top 100 LSPs by revenue, a watchlist of large players that don’t disclose their revenues, and a detailed overview of the size and state of the language services industry. The Nimdzi 100 is widely considered an industry standard and is read by tens of thousands of people in the translation and localization space and beyond. LSPs, localization buyers, investors, savvy job seekers, and analysts will benefit from this free resource.

The Nimdzi Language Technology Atlas maps over 800 different technology solutions across a number of key product categories. The report highlights trends and things to watch out for. This is the only map you will ever need to navigate your way across the language technology landscape.

Developing your own approach to using generative AI models such as ChatGPT — one that is both practical AND ethically sound — is perhaps the best way of proving naysayers wrong and ensuring that you get the most out of this promising piece of technology. Perhaps surprisingly, the first key to success with generative AI models is to learn how to talk to them.

The language services industry is undergoing a profound transformation with the emergence of cutting-edge technologies such as ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs). These powerful language generation models have captivated the attention of businesses and language professionals alike, offering exciting possibilities for translation, localization, and content creation.

It’s a new year, a fresh start. While some may make resolutions, we at Nimdzi make predictions. Five predictions, to be exact, about what we can expect to see in the upcoming year 2023.