Google Dessert Jeff Dean: Google Translate API paid service has been profitable
In the midst of the growing excitement around artificial intelligence, a groundbreaking moment emerged in 2016, signaling just how powerful AI could become. That year, in September, Google launched a new version of Google Translate called GNMT (Google Neural Machine Translation), which was built on advanced neural network technology. Upon its release, it quickly captured widespread attention within the machine translation community, with experts recognizing it as a major and transformative leap in natural language processing.
The project was led by Jeff Dean, one of Google’s most well-known and long-standing employees, who has been instrumental in shaping Google Brain. Recently, Dean was invited to speak at the VB Summit in Berkeley, where he discussed AI, particularly its potential in commercial robotics. The event focused on how machine intelligence can be applied in business settings, especially in projects that deliver measurable returns on investment.
While many AI-related stories have generated a lot of hype, tangible financial benefits or real-world impact have been limited. However, the Google Translate project under Dean’s leadership stands out as a rare example of a highly successful AI initiative with significant ROI. Today, Google Translate is available as a paid API service, generating real revenue for the company. More importantly, it helped Google build a versatile AI platform that could be used for various tasks beyond translation. During his speech, Dean shared insights into these advancements and highlighted how Google offers tools and services to help other companies implement machine learning, even if they lack the resources to hire full-time data scientists.
Additionally, Dean emphasized the importance of developing custom hardware, such as Google’s TPU (Tensor Processing Unit), to support the immense computational demands of AI applications, starting with the Google Translate system.
Over the past year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has repeatedly stated that the company's goal is to transition into an AI-first organization. This shift underscores the strategic importance of AI across all of Google’s operations.
The Google Translate project also hints at the future direction of AI development. In December of the previous year, a New York Times article about Dean’s work on the translation project sparked widespread interest. The article suggested that machine translation might be the first step toward achieving general language understanding, a critical milestone in the journey toward true artificial intelligence.
Interestingly, the Google Translate project achieved improvements in just nine months that were comparable to what the team had accomplished over the past decade. Before this breakthrough, Dean was already considered a key figure in the AI industry, often referred to as Google’s “star.†Colleagues and fans even wrote articles highlighting some of the quirky facts about him, including jokes like “When Bell invented the phone, he received a missed call from Jeff Dean,†or “Jeff Dean bit the Steve Jobs apple,†and “Jeff Dean reached level 11 in the system, but the highest level is only 10.â€
According to recent reports, Jeff Dean will soon share more updates on his ongoing work and the future of AI at Google.
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