BLEU might be Guilty but References are not Innocent - https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.06063 - We show that it is possible to calculate reliable automatic scores (even with BLEU) for high quality MT output by using a novel reference generation method.
Typical references exhibit poor diversity, concentrating around translationese language. Paraphrased references cover a wider diversity of target sentences and thus do not penalize alternative but equally accurate translations.
Releasing all reference translations gives the community a chance to revisit some of their decisions and measure quality differences for modeling techniques that produce more natural or fluent output which is penalized by standard references.
BLEU might be Guilty but References are not Innocent - https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.06063 - We show that it is possible to calculate reliable automatic scores (even with BLEU) for high quality MT output by using a novel reference generation method.
Typical references exhibit poor diversity, concentrating around translationese language. Paraphrased references cover a wider diversity of target sentences and thus do not penalize alternative but equally accurate translations.
Releasing all reference translations gives the community a chance to revisit some of their decisions and measure quality differences for modeling techniques that produce more natural or fluent output which is penalized by standard references.
The lead from Wall Street offers little clarity as the major averages opened lower on Friday and then bounced back and forth across the unchanged line, finally finishing mixed and little changed.The Dow added 33.18 points or 0.10 percent to finish at 34,798.00, while the NASDAQ eased 4.54 points or 0.03 percent to close at 15,047.70 and the S&P 500 rose 6.50 points or 0.15 percent to end at 4,455.48. For the week, the Dow rose 0.6 percent, the NASDAQ added 0.1 percent and the S&P gained 0.5 percent.The lackluster performance on Wall Street came on uncertainty about the outlook for the markets following recent volatility.
Telegram and Signal Havens for Right-Wing Extremists
Since the violent storming of Capitol Hill and subsequent ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump from Facebook and Twitter, the removal of Parler from Amazon’s servers, and the de-platforming of incendiary right-wing content, messaging services Telegram and Signal have seen a deluge of new users. In January alone, Telegram reported 90 million new accounts. Its founder, Pavel Durov, described this as “the largest digital migration in human history.” Signal reportedly doubled its user base to 40 million people and became the most downloaded app in 70 countries. The two services rely on encryption to protect the privacy of user communication, which has made them popular with protesters seeking to conceal their identities against repressive governments in places like Belarus, Hong Kong, and Iran. But the same encryption technology has also made them a favored communication tool for criminals and terrorist groups, including al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
