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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 5d

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Elon Musk says X to scrap heuristic: How Grok AI will screen 100M+ posts and videos to personalise feeds | Mint

Elon Musk announced on Oct 17 that X will soon replace its heuristic-based recommendation system with AI-powered Grok within 4–6 weeks. The system will analyse 100M+ posts daily to improve content vis...

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 7d

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Behind generative AI curtain is gruelling, low-paid human work

Invisible labellers’ toil has allowed self-driving cars to recognise pedestrians and chatbots to speak in natural-sounding sentences.

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 14d

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Germany prefers to use chip billions for road construction

"Everything that is ready to be built will be built," says German Chancellor Merz. He is referring less to chip factories and more to roads and railways.

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 14d

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Elon Musk's Satellites Now Constantly Falling Out of the Sky

Multiple Starlink satellites from Elon Musk's SpaceX are falling to Earth every single day, an astronomer warns — and counting.

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 18d

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An Interactive Guide To The Fourier Transform – BetterExplained

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 19d

uileghabhálach = comprehensive #gaeilge

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Chris Green SEO @chris-green.net · 24d

AI Search is more volatile plays on my mind.

What if you spend months achieving visibility for key events in a user’s journey, only for it to be lost again a few days/weeks later?

www.tryprofound.com/blog/ai-sear... suggests this is more of a feature in AI search, which may be unavoidable.

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AI Search Volatility: Why AI Search Results Keep Changing

New research reveals 'citation drift' in source selection across major AI platforms, showing how AI citations can change by up to 60% in just one month.

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 24d

Faigheann foighid fortacht - "patience is rewarded" #seanfhocal

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · 25d

Sé "ikastolen jaiak" san Euskara ná "laethanta saoire scoile" as Ghaeilge #gaeilge #euskara

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Sep 23

neamhbhearnach in Irish is lückenlos in German #gaeilge

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Sep 21

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77% of sites lost keyword visibility after Google removed num=100: Data

Google’s removal of the num=100 parameter triggered sharp drops in impressions, rankings, and keyword visibility, a new analysis shows.

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Sep 19

In Irish ábhartha is relevant and ollmhór is huge. #gaeilge

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Sep 14

drochmheabhrach (#Irish) in English is silly.

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Sep 10

Comhthreormhaireacht = alignment, in agreement with #gaeilge

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Sep 9

Caithfidh mé a admháil gur tháinig sé aniar aduaidh orm …
I must admit I was surprised … #irish #gaeilge

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Jul 29

Design considerations and a mathematical model have been added to the TS System Trolley design with the excellent aid of Grok. textsandterms.com/services/buf...

TS System - Design Considerations

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Jul 29

Tá mé an-sásta le mo slua ghairm as Ghaeilge "Cleachtadh Aistriúcháin agus Innealltóireacht" ar mo suíomh textsandterms.com

Words of Mouth

German/English glossaries of terms and other relevant texts for engineers and translators

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Aleyda Solis @aleyda.bsky.social · Jun 17

The AI Search Content Optimization Checklist [With Google Sheets to copy/paste] 👇 Going through:

1. Optimize for Chunk-Level Retrieval
2. Optimize for Answer Synthesis
3. Optimize for Citation-Worthiness
4. Optimize for Topical Breadth and Depth

* Much more: www.aleydasolis.com/en/ai-search...

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · Jun 16

Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile #seanfhocal

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Glenn Gabe @glenngabe.bsky.social · Jun 16

You've heard of "The Great Decoupling" of impressions and clicks, but have you heard of "The Forgotten Coupling"?

With AIOs surging in the web search results, other search verticals remain unaffected by AI Overviews. For example, image search, video mode, and the News tab in Search.

#seo #google

The Forgotten Coupling - With AI Overviews Surging in Web Search, Don’t Overlook Image Search, Video Mode, and the News Tab in Search

Glenn Gabe explains that even with AI Overviews surging in the search results, clicks and impressions can remain stable in other search verticals (like image search, video mode, and the News tab in Se...

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · May 29

In Ancient Greek, the primary term for "ungenerated" is ἀγέννητος (agennētos)

Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · May 25

A Bauhaus-style website: lovefrom.com

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · May 18

In ancient Greek, Aristotle referred to the heavens as "οὐρανός" (ouranós) and described the celestial substance as "αἰθήρ" (aithēr).

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Martin Forrestal @languagetech.bsky.social · May 18

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Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees | TechCrunch

Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent employees, after a previous attempt to hire one didn't go as planned. Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is back on the hunt for AI agent em...

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Glenn Gabe @glenngabe.bsky.social · May 9

"Improvements"? Remember, your ad situation impacts the user experience & Google is tracking 13 months of user interaction signals via Navboost. Beware -> "Auto optimize lets Google run experiments on your ad format settings & automatically apply any improvements to your revenue or user experience."

Google AdSense Auto Optimize Now On Site Level

Google AdSense announced that the Auto optimize feature is now configurable at the site level. Google moved it out of the Experiments section and made several improvements to Auto optimize.

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