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T-Mobile Will Live Translate Regular Phone Calls Without an AppT-Mobile is opening registration today for a beta test of Live Translation, an AI-powered feature that will translate live phone calls into more than 50 languages when it launches this spring. The feature operates at the network level, so it doesn't require any specific app or device -- beta participants simply dial 87 to activate it on a call. [...]SlashdotFeb 11    FRESHLY RELATED

GNU gettext Reaches Version 1.0 After 30 YearsAfter more than 30 years of development, GNU gettext finally crossed the symbolic 'v1.0' milestone, according to Phoronix's Michael Larabel. GNU gettext 1.0 brings PO file handling improvements, a new 'po-fetch' program to fetch translated PO files from a translation project's site on the Internet, new 'msgpre' and 'spit' pre-translation programs, and Ocaml and Rust programming language improvements. [...]SlashdotJan 31

ArXiv Will Require English Submissions - and Says AI Translators Are Fair GameThe preprint repository arXiv will require all submissions to be written in English or accompanied by a full English translation starting February 11, a policy change that explicitly permits the use of AI translators even as research suggests large language models remain inconsistent at the task. Until now, authors only needed to submit an abstract in English. [...]SlashdotJan 29

How Much Do AI Models Resemble a Brain?At the AI safety site Foom, science journalist Mordechai Rorvig explores a paper presented at November's Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing conference: [R]esearchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Georgia Tech revisited earlier findings that showed that language models, the engines of commercial AI chatbots, show strong signal correlations with the human language network, the region of the brain responsible for processing language. [...]SlashdotJan 18

OpenSearch Service Enhances Log Analytics with New PPL ExperienceToday, AWS announces enhanced log analytics capabilities in Amazon OpenSearch Service, making Piped Processing Language (PPL) and natural language the default experience in OpenSearch UI's Observability workspace. This update combines proven pipeline syntax with simplified workflows to deliver an intuitive observability experience, helping customers analyze growing data volumes while controlling costs. [...]Amazon Web ServicesNov 24    FRESHLY RELATED

Japanese Volunteer Translators Quit After Mozilla Begins Using Translation BotLong-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from Linuxiac: The Japanese branch of Mozilla's Support Mozilla (SUMO) community — responsible for localizing and maintaining Japanese-language support documentation for Firefox and other Mozilla products (consisting of Japanese native speakers) — has officially disbanded after more than two decades of voluntary work. [...]SlashdotNov 08

Brazilian indigenous chief thanks Charles for shining light on deforestationThe Kayapo ethnic leader said to the King in his native language via a translator that he had waited a long time to speak to him.Evening Standard UK - Top StoriesOct 15

How to use Live Translation on your AirPods - not just the newest onesWith Live Translation in iOS 26, you can use your iPhone and AirPods to speak with someone speaking another language.ZDNetSep 22    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