Google's AI translation tool seems to have invented its own language

Feb 8, 2017

A Google search page is seen through a magnifying glass in this photo illustration taken in Berlin, August 11, 2015. Google Inc is changing its operating structure by setting up a new company called Alphabet Inc, which will include the search business and a number of other units. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski - RTX1NWEP

Google Translate processes more than 140 billion words each day. Image: REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

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