What is the difference between Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU)?

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What is the difference between Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU)?

Key points

  • NLP covers parsing, translation, and summarization
  • NLU extracts meaning and intent from language
  • NLU is a specialized field within NLP
  • NLP is a broader term than NLU
  • NLU focuses on semantic understanding

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