OpenAI provider for Trados

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I just read Paul's information here: Unleash the Power of Translation with AI Professional 
 which is 6 months old. 
 He (and several others) talks about the "Trados Copilot AI Assistant" plugin. When I search the net, there are many hits, such as this one: 
 https://www.trados.com/product/studio/FAQ/what-is-Trados-Copilot-AI-Assistant-and-how-do-I-access-it-in-Trados-Studio/ 
 However, no such plugin seems to exist. In fact, it seems to be the OpenAI provider for Trados plugin. 
 I also found, in a query by Michael Beijer, the statement that "inside Trados Studio 2024, there is an app called 'Trados Copilot - AI assistant". This led me (don't ask how) to the documentation center 
 Welcome to the Trados Studio cloud capabilities documentation 
 (sorry about the font; it is copied) which provided me with lots of useful information that I did not even know existed! Among other things, I found out (by myself) that in order to see the AI Assistant in the View ribbon (in the Editing view), you also have to have the plugin installed! This is not mentioned in the instructions. 
 Anyway, my main point is that it is confusing to read about both " Trados Copilot AI Assistant" (mainly) and "OpenAI provider for Trados" yet nowhere see it stated that they are in fact the same except that the former (as far as I can see) requires the latter. 
 Since this feature is a quite important one (and since, furthermore, the possibility to use the plugin directly, without making changes to the Project Settings, is very useful), I really do think you should take care to avoid confusion. 
 (I may certainly have some misconceptions here, in which case I would be very glad for further clarifications.)

Tess Whitty · Answer

Hi Paul, 
 OK, I think I got it now, by clicking on "Buy credits" I got it to connect. Thanks for bearing with me!

Paul · Answer

Mats Linder 
 Indeed, we have added a bit of confusion as we were very quick to provide a solution as a plugin (AI Professional) and then as we realised there was a better solution to ensuring we could make AI a longer term and well integrated solution it became two things: 
 
 Trados Copilot - AI Assistant 
 AI providers (similar to an MT provider) that would be able to work with the Trados Copilot - AI Assistant 
 
 If you have Trados Studio 2024, which is the version you need to be able to take advantage of this, you should note that Trados Copilot AI Assistant and the first AI provider (OpenAI Provider for Trados) are actually pre-installed. 
 You are half right in that one requires the other, but you have it the wrong way around. The idea is that Trados Copilot - AI Assistant will be part of the Trados Studio core product. On its own it's useless as it will need an AI provider to be able to provide results. So on the appstore you will be able to find AI providers of your choice (in time) that will deliver the AI to use within the AI Assistant and also as an alternative to an MT provider like Language Weaver or DeepL... or even alongside these MT providers so you can take advantage of your own terminology in MultiTerm for example. 
 I thought I'd just ramble a little for 5 mins and it might be helpful for you:

Let me know if you still have some questions after that?

Paul · Answer

Mats Linder 
 Mats Linder said: - The AI Assistant is part of Studio. 
 It will be. Right now it's part of the plugin as I explained. 
 Mats Linder said: - For it to work, you need an LLM provider. So far only OpenAI Provider for Trados is available, providing OpenAI and Azure. In future, more will come. 
 Correct. 
 Mats Linder said: Because the Assistant is useless without an LLM provider, it is disabled if OpenAI Provider for Trados is not installed. 
 It's not disabled... right now it'll be completely missing! As I explained, right now it's part of the plugin. We have separated it, but we need the Core Studio Team to adopt it into a future release. Once that happens it will always be there, just not usable without an AI provider (a source for the LLM). 
 Mats Linder said: But why? Why not keep it, always, and provide it with a text saying it requires an LLM provider (and suggesting available plugin[s])? 
 Exactly. 
 Mats Linder said: BTW, why not just call the plugins OpenAI/Azure LLM provider, X LLM provider, Y LLM provider, etc. The "for Trados" seems superfluous in the context. 
 Many discussions about that one and this is the name that was agreed amongst a wide range of stakeholders.

Paul · Answer

Mats Linder 
 Mats Linder said: However, when I open the Plug-ins window 
 I have never used that window for anything and wonder how many users go in there... but nonetheless.... 
 Mats Linder said: the same plugin (I assume) is called Trados Copilot -- AI Assistant. 
 In much the same way as you will see other plugins in that list that you have not installed yourself, this feature has been delivered with the installation of Trados Studio using the plugin framework. For example, did you install the Bilingual Workbench Filter, the ITD Filter, the Tradostag Filter? No you didn't. So in this case we have delivered Trados Copilot - AI Assistant in the same way. But because we have not yet don't this as part of the product we have one plugin for that and the OpenAI Provider for Trados... as I have explained several times now (clearly very badly!!). 
 So, let me try this: 
 
 we have confused the hell out of everyone already with AI Professional, OpenAI Provider for Trados, Trados Copilot - AI Assistant 
 we don't want to add to that confusion any more. So we settled on the concept that we will only have OpenAI Provider for Trados (and in the future other AI providers for Trados) and the Trados Copilot - AI Assistant 
 that is fairly simple to understand as a concept I hope? But, as we have not yet separated these two within the product itself we are still delivering them both within one product. That product is actually the OpenAI Provider for Trados plugin. We don't want to call this the "OpenAI Provider for Trados AND Trados Copilot - AI Assistant plugin" so we named it in the plugins view you are looking at as " Trados Copilot - AI Assistant " since this is what users will see once we have separated it later... so no future confusion either. 
 in the appstore we only have the "OpenAI Provider for Trados" because this is all users will see in the future as well. 
 So whilst these are one and the same, they actually appear like two separate features as they will be going forward. You only notice this fact when you look into a view such as the Plug-ins window. 
 
 Now I know some users may have used this view to deactivate plugins they didn't want to use, but that was a feature users could use if they really wanted to prior to the integrated appstore. It's now so simple to remove plugins you don't want and put them back again later that there is probably no need to do that any more. 
 Mats Linder said: Were they both included as system plugins and thus not present in the RWS AppStore window? 
 No, because there is only one plugin right now. This may change in the future depending on how the AI Assistant part is delivered in the new world of AI Providers and a built in AI Assistant in the future. It will either be only some "AI Provider for Trados" or some "AI Provider for Trados" AND "Trados Copilot - AI Assistant". But we'll only know that when we deliver it. 
 Mats Linder said: Also, the pre-installed Language Weaver plugin is called Language Weaver Machine Translation plugin which is not available in the AppStore. Evidently this is just one of the many system plugins which simply are there and nothing for the user to think about. 
 No, it is delivered as this: 
 
 You are looking at the system plugin because Language Weaver has always been there (since we had Language Weaver anyway) but accessed through Cloud-based Resources. This was also another way we like to torture our users so they could never find the Language Weaver (that was available under cloud-based resources) until we added the link in the UI that just pointed them to the appstore and made them think even more they needed that app! 
 So now we deliver the app with the installer. This means you now have the app, AND cloud-based resources so you have two ways to work with Language Weaver. 
 Sometimes I think our conversations would make a good episode of "Soap"... if you ever watched that TV series. "Confused... you will be"!

Paul · Answer

Tess Whitty 
 Hi Tess, I think your problem is you don't have the right tier for billing. 
 Tess Whitty said: I have a subscription to ChatGPT 40 
 This is irrelevant. ChatGPT and the OpenAI platform you use for any CAT tool, or application working with the API, are different. 
 Tess Whitty said: and can get an API key 
 Indeed... but it may not be an API key based on a Tier suitable for your requirements. Check this link: 
 https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/rate-limits?context=tier-free 
 Note that the Free Tier, which will get you an API key, doesn't support the use of the model you have tried to use. You need at least Tier 1. Perhaps this is the problem?

Paul · Answer

Tess Whitty 
 Don't confuse Azure with different Tiers of OpenAI. OpenAI and Azure OpenAI Service both provide access to advanced AI models, but they differ in ownership, access, integration, and target users. 
 OpenAI is an independent research organisation focused on developing artificial intelligence technologies. It offers APIs that allow developers to integrate AI models like GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper into various applications. Access to these models is generally open to the public, with subscription plans varying by model and usage. OpenAI's services are accessible globally and are designed to cater to a broad audience, including individual developers and businesses. The API key you probably need can be found in the OpenAI platform as well as the different Tiers. 
 Azure OpenAI Service , on the other hand, is a collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI. This service integrates OpenAI's models into Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, providing enterprise-grade security, compliance, and scalability. Azure OpenAI is available exclusively to Microsoft enterprise customers and requires an Azure subscription. It offers features such as private networking, regional availability, and responsible AI content filtering, making it suitable for organisations with specific security and compliance requirements. 
 In a nutshell, while OpenAI provides direct access to its AI models for a wide range of users, Azure OpenAI Service offers a more controlled, secure, and integrated environment tailored for enterprise applications within the Azure ecosystem. 
 Tess Whitty said: Do you happen to have links to the services freelancers need in order to purchase the subscription? 
 I already pointed you in that direction with the link to the documentation for the OpenAI platform. But if you look at the plugin itself you'll see this: 
 
 That's the one you need. 
 It's also worth reviewing the documentation here in the appstore: https://appstore.rws.com/Plugin/249?tab=documentation 
 I think generally we're going through a period of significant change and the sort of features out there today offer tremendous value, but do require an investment of time to understand how to work with them. Very little is just plug and play!! But once you get there you'll find there is a lot more you can do with this stuff and not just in Trados.

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OpenAI provider for Trados

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