About
The adesso Aleph Alpha Connector provides valuable AI support to improve the editorial experience within CoreMedia Studio.
Aleph Alpha is a German artificial intelligence (AI) startup company based in Heidelberg. The company attempts to achieve independence from US companies and comply with European data protection regulations. It develops large language models (LLM), which try to provide transparency of its sources used for the results generated and are intended for enterprises and governmental agencies.
The adesso connector currently implements 2 main AI functionalities offered by Aleph Alpha:
- AI-based text summarization
- AI-based image description (e.g. to comply with the European Accessibility Act or the “Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz” in Germany)
The AI-based text summarization functionality can be used to easily generate e.g. teaser texts from long articles which drastically improves the teaser content in comparison to just using the first few words from an article with three dots at the end. Users will find a valuable and relevant summary of an article already in the linked teaser. Besides this, the functionality can be used to generate shorter but still relevant content based on long texts, e.g. to be used in responsive environments.
As an editor, you can edit an article and reach the supporting functionality via the feedback hub, directly from within the article itself.
The AI-based image description functionality easily supports meeting the accessibility requirements for your website. Whenever you upload an image to CoreMedia (or use an image from a DAM system), you as an editor can easily generate a short, written description of the uploaded image. The description can be copied both to the caption and to the image asset’s alt-text on click. This makes sure that a website definitely complies with the accessibility guidelines, which are – at least in Germany – mandatory from mid 2025.
By using the adesso CoreMedia connector for Aleph Alpha, you benefit from the important fact that the Aleph Alpha language model guarantees GDPR compliance.
Installation
The connector is provided as a CoreMedia Plugin.
For further information, please contact coremedia-support@adesso.de.
Requirements
- CoreMedia 11 / 12
- Aleph Alpha Account including
- an API token
- sufficient amount of tokens
Support
The plugin we provide is meant to be a basic implementation for exploring the possibilities of using Aleph Alpha within CoreMedia Studio.
We'd love to hear your feedback on further use-cases and developments! If you would like to customize the plugin to your editorial processes or requirements, we will be happy to assist you. Feel free to get in touch via coremedia-support@adesso.de.