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These new AI earbuds offer real-time translation of 42 languages - different accents tooThe Timekettle W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds also use bone conduction audio technology for more accurate, clearer translations.ZDNetSep 05    FRESHLY RELATED

Amazon EC2 G6 instances are now available in Middle East (UAE) RegionStarting today, the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G6 instances powered by NVIDIA L4 GPUs are now available in Middle East (UAE). G6 instances can be used for a wide range of graphics-intensive and machine learning use cases. Customers can use G6 instances for deploying ML models for natural language processing, language translation, video and image analysis, speech recognition, and personalization as well as graphics workloads, such as creating and rendering real-time, cinematic-quality graphics and game streaming. [...]Amazon Web ServicesAug 25    FRESHLY RELATED

Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and ToolsOnly a tiny fraction of the more than 7,000 languages on Earth are supported by artificial intelligence models, reported SiliconANGLE this week. So Nvidia announced a massive new AI-ready dataset and models to support the development of high-quality AI translation for European languages. The new dataset, named Granary, is a massive open-source corpus of multilingual audio, including more than a million hours of audio, plus 650,000 hours of speech recognition and 350,000 hours of speech translation. [...]SlashdotAug 23

Kneecap's Mo Chara has Irish translator at second court hearingKneecap's Liam O hAnnaidh had an Irish language interpreter present at his second court appearance on Wednesday ...The National.Scot - Top StoriesAug 20

OnePlus Is Replacing Its Alert Slider With an AI ButtonOnePlus is replacing its iconic Alert Slider with a new customizable Plus Key on the upcoming OnePlus 13s, which launches the new AI Plus Mind feature that lets users capture and search content found on screen. This update is part of a broader AI push for its devices that includes tools like AI VoiceScribe for call summaries, AI Translation for multi-modal language support, and AI Best Face 2. [...]SlashdotMay 27

How a Booker Prize-Winning Work From India Redefined TranslationAn extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language.New York Times - WorldMay 26

Google Brings AI-Powered Live Translation To MeetGoogle is adding AI-powered live translation to Meet, enabling participants to converse in their native languages while the system automatically translates in real time with the speaker's original vocal characteristics intact. Initially launching with English-Spanish translation this week, the technology processes speech with minimal delay, preserving tone, cadence, and expressions -- creating an effect similar to professional dubbing but with the speaker's own voice, the company announced at its developer conference Tuesday. [...]SlashdotMay 20    FRESHLY RELATED

Audible Is Giving Publishers AI Tools To Quickly Make More AudiobooksAmazon's Audible is expanding its audiobook offerings by giving select publishers access to its AI-powered production tools that will let them more easily convert books into audiobooks with over 100 customizable AI voices to choose from. It will also launch an AI translation tool in beta later this year to help publishers translate and localize audiobooks into multiple languages, with both automated and human-assisted options. [...]SlashdotMay 13

Meta Rolls Out Live Translations To All Ray-Ban Smart Glasses UsersMeta has expanded both the feature set and availability of its Ray-Ban smart glasses. Notable updates include live translation with offline support through downloadable language packs, the ability to send messages and make calls via Instagram, and conversations with Meta AI based on real-time visual context. [...]SlashdotApr 23

China’s new AI agent Manus calls its own shotsModern large language models are really good at a lot of tasks, like coding, essay writing, translation, and research. But there are still a lot of basic tasks, especially in the “personal assistant” realm, that the most highly trained AIs in the world remain hopeless at. You can’t ask ChatGPT [...]VoxMar 14

Research aims to standardize rock climbing route difficulty through machine learning techniquesResearchers have explored how integrating machine and deep learning techniques can create a standardized system for evaluating rock climbing routes to provide a difficulty grading scale that promotes inclusivity, accuracy and accessibility for all experience levels. The study found that the most successful approach for determining the difficulty of a rock-climbing route used route-centric, natural language processing methods. [...]Science DailyFeb 03

TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNoteThe Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.New York Times - TechnologyJan 21

Meta takes us a step closer to Star Trek’s universal translatorThe computer science behind translating speech from 100 source languages.Ars Technica - ScienceJan 15

Filing of a Draft Offer Document Relating to the Simplified Tender Offer for the Neoen Shares and Bonds Convertible into and/or Exchangeable for New and/or Existing Neoen Shares Initiated by Brookfield Renewable Holdings SASParis, Jan. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- THIS DOCUMENT IS AN UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TRANSLATION OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE PRESS RELEASE WHICH WAS PUBLISHED BY THE OFFEROR ON 2 JANUARY 2025. IN THE EVENT OF ANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AND THE OFFICIAL FRENCH LANGUAGE PRESS RELEASE, THE OFFICIAL FRENCH LANGUAGE PRESS RELEASE SHALL PREVAIL. [...]GlobeNewswire - CanadaJan 02

The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human LanguageWith big cash prizes at stake—and AI supercharging research—interspecies translation is closer than ever. But what, if anything, would animals want to tell us?WiredDec 22