DataForce Transperfect: A data collection micro-tasks platform

DataForce is a platform developed by TransPerfect that provides data for AI systems. It is a worldwide data collection and labeling platform that uses technology and a network of over one million data contributors, scientists, and engineers. 

DataForce's platform capabilities include Data annotation, Data collection, and Community management. 

DataForce's common tasks include Data sourcing, Data annotation, User studies, and Job opportunities. 

TransPerfect is the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business. They offer a full range of language and business services including translation, interpretation, website localization, subtitling/voiceovers, multicultural marketing, diversity and inclusion consulting, deposition services, and litigation support.

DataForce provides data collection services in support of a variety of technologies such as automatic speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS), natural language processing (NLP), and computer vision, leveraging our global community of over one million contributors as well as our extensive network of studios and offices around the world.

Quality data is pivotal for machine learning models to work properly and without bias. Data is the raw resource that enables AI use cases to succeed. Simply put, AI does not work without data. There are two main ways in which bias can show up in training data:

• The data is unrepresentative of reality

• The data reflects existing prejudices

To help prevent this bias in data, we gather the necessary contributors to match your AI project’s requirements. Our contributors then collect the large volumes of data required for your specific needs.

TransPerfect DataForce specializes in building better AI experiences through data collection and annotation. The group has a broad pool of global resources and advanced technologies that give it the ability to aggregate and package data that can be highly useful in improving responsiveness to COVID-19.

Many people turn to AI-powered platforms to get questions answered, and the information available is constantly changing. These new channels are popular but not always up to date, and in a rapidly evolving global crisis, updated information and guidance is essential. The data set provided by TransPerfect will allow researchers and technology organizations to train smart chatbots that could substantially increase the coverage and appropriateness of responses provided by systems integrated into websites, social media services, virtual assistants, and other platforms.

TransPerfect has made the training data set, which is available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese, accessible at no charge to help improve the quantity and accuracy of available information. Interested organizations can access the data set on the DataForce website.

To illustrate the utility of the data set, TransPerfect has also created a demo chatbot that can answer your COVID-19 questions. The chatbot is not publicly available, but you can request a live demonstration.

TransPerfect President and CEO Phil Shawe stated, "The TransPerfect DataForce AI team has produced a data set that will help clients provide COVID-19 information in multiple languages—and, as the fight against the pandemic requires effective communication, we've decide to make this data set available free of charge."