French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs deploys DiploIA, an in-house translation and multilingual transcription tool for about 13,000 agents
Since May 2025 the ministry has rolled out DiploIA, a translation tool and a multilingual transcription tool covering around a hundred languages, to roughly 13,000 agents in France and abroad. The models run on the ministry's own data centres, reinforced with GPUs, and no content passes through external platforms. A summarisation tool is being considered next.
Overview
Since May 2025 the ministry has rolled out DiploIA, a translation tool and a multilingual transcription tool covering around a hundred languages, to roughly 13,000 agents in France and abroad. The models run on the ministry's own data centres, reinforced with GPUs, and no content passes through external platforms. A summarisation tool is being considered next.
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The ministry's agents, including those posted abroad, expect internal AI tools that meet field needs such as recording, multilingual transcription and specialised translation, while handling sensitive missions securely.
The solution
The digital directorate deployed DiploIA to about 13,000 agents in France and abroad since May. It comprises a translation system and a multilingual transcription tool covering around a hundred languages. The models run on the ministry's two in-house data centres, reinforced with GPUs, and no content passes through external platforms. The source says the ministry is considering an automatic summarisation tool, if workload allows, by the end of the year.
Reported business value
The source says the transcription tool can translate an hour of dialogue in two minutes, letting agents concentrate on proofreading and quality. It reports no other quantified results.
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