AI translation

Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 feature Live Translation, entering a competitive market with Google and Meta, who are also developing real-time translation capabilities. AirPods Pro 3 will initially translate select languages into English (and vice versa), requiring a compatible iPhone with Apple Intelligence. Google’s Pixel 10 offers “Voice Translate,” preserving speaker inflections, while Meta integrates translation into Ray-Ban glasses. OpenAI is also exploring hardware. The advances pose a challenge to the translation industry. Dedicated translation device companies emphasize their linguistic expertise amidst growing competition.

ByteDance launched Seed LiveInterpret 2.0, an end-to-end simultaneous interpretation model excelling in Chinese-English translation. It offers ultra-low latency (2-3 seconds) and accuracy rivaling human interpreters, exceeding 70% in complex scenarios and 80% in single-person speeches. Key features include zero-shot voice cloning and intelligent balancing of translation quality, latency, and speech cadence. Evaluations show it surpasses other systems, marking a significant advancement in AI translation.