The Future of Business Is Localization. Why AI Alone Won't Save Your Global Content.

About this episode

Simon Hodgkins discusses the role of AI in localization and the importance of localization for the future of business.

The localization industry has been through disruption before. Simon Hodgkins, CMO of Vistatec, joins Robin Ayoub to break down where AI actually works in global content operations, what responsible AI looks like in regulated industries, and why the future of business is localization. Straight talk from one of the industry's most experienced voices.

People in this episode

Host: Robin Ayoub

Guest: Simon Hodgkins

Topics covered

• localization
• AI in business
• global content operations
• responsible AI
• regulated industries

Keywords

• localization
• AI
• global content
• business strategy
• content operations
• regulated industries
• Simon Hodgkins

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vistatec

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