Meta AI open-sources NLLB-200 model that translates 200 languages
ai.facebook.com(a) it does not appear to be "open source" for any such definition (b) the paragraph that seems to be actionable has no hyperlinks for ether word "here"
> You can explore a demo of NLLB-200 here, showing how the model can translate stories from around the world, and read the research paper here.
>it does not appear to be "open source" for any such definition
The code for it is licensed under MIT and the pretrained model was released under CC-BY-NC 4.0.
That's nice. Translation is one of those fields that, besides maybe LibreTranslate, free software was always quite far behind on.
Tangent: Why does free software generally lack machine learning features? Is the expertise just not there or is it rather the cultural stigma of "evil black-boxes"?
Trying to figure out the most expedient way to set it up and test it. Anyone have any ideas?
Perhaps a docker container?
If you set one up, I would like to know how it should be done
Is there a place where I can test this online?
Their more "marketing" page <https://about.fb.com/news/2022/07/new-meta-ai-model-translat...> linked to a "try it here": https://nllb.metademolab.com/
You can test it over at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation
I can not help but wonder if it can translate any non previously seen language like protoindoeuropean.