Author: James Vincent
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced an ambitious new AI research project to create translation software that works for “everyone in the world.” The project was announced as part of an event focusing on the broad range of benefits Meta believes AI can offer the company’s metaverse plans.
“The ability to communicate with anyone in any language — that’s a superpower people have dreamed of forever, and AI is going to deliver that within our lifetimes,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an online presentation.
“AI is going to deliver that in our lifetimes”
The company says that although commonly spoken languages like English, Mandarin, and Spanish are well catered to by current translation tools, roughly 20...
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced an ambitious new AI research project to create translation software that works for “everyone in the world.” The project was announced as part of an event focusing on the broad range of benefits Meta believes AI can offer the company’s metaverse plans.
“The ability to communicate with anyone in any language — that’s a superpower people have dreamed of forever, and AI is going to deliver that within our lifetimes,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an online presentation.
“AI is going to deliver that in our lifetimes”
The company says that although commonly spoken languages like English, Mandarin, and Spanish are well catered to by current translation tools, roughly 20...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...