alt Hacker NewsMost of those things weren't very good before AI was applied.
Translation specifically was pretty bad before Google applied machine learning methods to it around 2007 when it became very good almost overnight.
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mort96 • last Tuesday at 6:16 PM
Google Translate isn't what's meant when tech CEOs say "AI" in 2025.
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amrocha • last Tuesday at 8:31 PM
Stop blurring the lines, google translate using machine learning has nothing to do with turning firefox into an ai browser
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Google Translation never "became very good" and it still isn't when you compare it to DeepL or Kagi.
Where it excels is quantity. Often, niche languages are only available on Google Translate.