Plato is a research platform for conversational AI I contributed to. Its main developer is Alexandros Papangelis, with whom I collaborate on several research projects. Plato manages the organization of the different modules that make up a dialogue system, their interactions, and the overall end-to-end pipeline from inputs to outputs. It is highly modular and extensible, with clean interfaces that let researchers swap in new components. The focus of Plato is not on the NLP or ML models for each component: for those it relies on Ludwig, while also supporting custom user-provided models.
Plato's website is here, the code is on GitHub, and we also released a blogpost and a paper describing it.
Plato received substantial press coverage upon its release:
- https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/16/uber-open-sources-plato-for-developing-and-testing-conversational-ai/
- https://towardsdatascience.com/introducing-the-plato-research-dialogue-system-building-conversational-applications-at-ubers-fbd257a50e33
- https://siliconangle.com/2019/07/16/uber-unveils-conversational-ai-platform-called-plato/
- https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2019/uber-releases-open-source-conversational-ai-platform-plato/
- https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/news/uber-is-opensourcing-plato-for-conversational-ai
- https://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/868497.htm
- https://siecledigital.fr/2019/07/17/plato-la-nouvelle-plateforme-duber-pour-tester-lia-conversationnelle/
- https://www.heise.de/developer/meldung/Mit-Maschinen-sprechen-Uber-gibt-die-KI-Plattform-Plato-als-Open-Source-frei-4472970.html
- https://techworld.idg.se/2.2524/1.721481/uber-satsar-pa-konverserande-ai-som-oppen-kallkod
- https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20190717/31997252.html
- https://meterpreter.org/uber-open-source-plato-dialogue-system-for-developing-and-training-conversational-ai-agents/
- https://www.launchticker.com/story/uber-open-sources-plato-research-dialog-system-a-platform-for-developing-testing
- https://read01.com/L28y470.html#.XTFJnJNKi_s
- https://www.programmableweb.com/news/uber-launches-plato-ai-platform-developers/brief/2019/07/18
- https://ctovision.com/uber-open-sources-plato-for-developing-and-testing-conversational-ai/
- https://udn.com/news/story/7086/3937415
- https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/why-uber-open-sourced-their-conversational-ai-platform/
- https://www.leiphone.com/news/201907/7FOcrTHVZK50oTYl.html
- https://www.in.gr/2019/08/05/tech/ereynites-texnitis-noimosynis-aneptyksan-platforma-gia-tin-proothisi-neon-eksypnon-dialogikon-systimaton/
- https://www.tourismtoday.gr/%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AE-%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC/
- http://www.tromaktiko.org/tag/%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%83/
- http://focus-radio.gr/%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-uber-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD/
- https://politicanea.blogspot.com/2019/08/blog-post_41.html
- https://www.insider.gr/epiheiriseis/tehnologia/118995/me-elliniki-ypografi-i-nea-platforma-tis-uber-plato
- http://www.skai.gr/news/technology/article/410422/poios-einai-o-ellinas-epistimonas-tehnitis-noimosunis-tis-uber/
- https://www.tourismtoday.gr/%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AE-%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC/
- https://politicanea.blogspot.com/2019/08/blog-post_41.html
- http://focus-radio.gr/%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-uber-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD/
- https://www.kathimerini.gr/1037023/article/texnologia/computers/ellhnas-ereynhths-anepty3e-mia-nea-platforma-gia-thn-prow8hsh-newn-e3ypnwn-dialogikwn-systhmatwn
- https://www.pentapostagma.gr/2019/08/%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%B7-%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B1-%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AE-%CE%B3.html
- https://www.capital.gr/diethni/3375519/ereunites-tis-uber-stis-ipa-me-epikefalis-enan-ellina-aneptuxan-tin-platforma-plato-gia-tin-proothisi-neon-exupnon-dialogikon-sustimaton
- https://aithority.com/ait-featured-posts/uber-is-transforming-indian-mobility-scenario-with-tech-adoption/
- https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/how-conversational-ai-is-changing-the-face-of-modern-b2c-communication/
- https://www.techmeme.com/190716/p18#a190716p18
- https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/31/the-shift-toward-open-source-conversational-ai/
- https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/how-conversational-ai-is-changing-the-face-of-modern-b2c-communication/
- https://industryresearchreports.us/348/uber-introduces-plato-platform-for-advancing-and-testing-conversational-ai/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSclKy9FeyY