Consumer Products: Week Ending 02/09/2024

February 18, 2024

Consumer Products

Breaking Down Language Barriers with a Multilingual Translation Model – Roblox Blog – https://blog.roblox.com/2024/02/breaking-down-language-barriers-with-a-multilingual-translation-model/

“Roblox just launched a real-time AI chat translator. Players speaking different languages can now seamlessly communicate via text in-game. Pretty soon, every platform will likely have an AI system of its own — ending communication barriers as we know them. https://t.co/49Qxk0Cjk9” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1754761442790609400

“Roblox rolls out real-time AI chat translations, with support for 16 languages, built on an LLM trained on open-source and internal Roblox data (@ryanmorrisonjer / Tom’s Guide) https://t.co/3ScPlremHA 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/aVrgc8pKDp” / X – https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1754657587411530075

“Starting today, you can chat in real time with people who speak another language. Our multilingual model enables direct translation between any combination of 16 languages (with all of our safety tech as well). All on our own infrastructure/cloud. https://t.co/XCyF0hME5c https://t.co/uZ1LWhEcFL” / X – https://twitter.com/DavidBaszucki/status/1754554308006490404

Roblox releases real-time AI chat translator – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/5/24061495/roblox-generative-ai-chat-translator

Report: Apple actively developing foldable clamshell iPhone prototypes, folding 8-inch iPad – 9to5Mac – https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/07/report-apple-foldable-clamshell-iphone-prototypes/

Weave – Plug & Play AI

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Midjourney hires ex-Apple Vision Pro engineer for hardware push – https://www.techinasia.com/midjourney-to-pivot-into-personal-computing

The Rabbit R1 drove $10M in preorders thanks to great design – https://www.fastcompany.com/91013196/how-design-drove-10m-in-pre-orders-for-rabbit-r1-ai-hardware

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AI News #19: Week Ending 02/02/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 18 Stories

The post you just read is an extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.