In a significant breakthrough, scientists at Meta, owned by Mark Zuckerberg, have made strides in developing an AI-powered universal language translator. The newly revealed AI tool developed by Facebook can automatically translate speech from 100 different languages.
This groundbreaking technology not only transcribes all 100 languages into text, but it also translates speech into spoken English and 35 other languages. Online translation tools have gained immense popularity in the past decade, with Google Translate currently supporting 133 languages since its launch in 2006. Google has even designed headphones that can provide real-time translations for multiple languages.
Smartphone companies have also joined the translation trend by creating apps that can automatically translate languages from pictures. However, what sets Meta’s language translation technology apart is its unique reliance on a single AI algorithm, eliminating the need for different systems to translate languages in stages.
Meta likened the development of a universal translator to the concept of the “Babel Fish” from Douglas Adams’ novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which effortlessly translates any language in the universe. While universal translation capabilities have long been an aspiration in science fiction, Meta’s AI brings them closer to reality.
Although Meta’s new tool, SeamlessM4T, represents significant progress, it only covers a small fraction of the world’s languages, according to the company’s scientists. Nonetheless, they are offering this powerful language translation tool for free.
Earlier this year, Meta unveiled AI capable of translating speech from 1,100 languages into text, out of the estimated 7,000 known languages. This achievement was made possible by collecting language samples from widely translated books, such as the Bible. Furthermore, Meta’s latest tool can even recognize when a speaker switches languages, adding to its impressive capabilities.
This announcement aligns with Meta’s mission to compete with OpenAI, particularly in the realm of AI-powered chatbots, exemplified by OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
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