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South Korean smartphone big Samsung Electronics will roll out a real-time translation service on calls utilizing AI know-how subsequent yr, an organization consultant instructed AFP on Friday.
Samsung is the world’s largest smartphone maker accounting for a fifth of worldwide gross sales between July and September, as Apple trails in second with 16 p.c of the market, in keeping with market tracker Counterpoint.
The brand new real-time translation function shall be included into Samsung’s new Galaxy flagship mannequin, which can launch early subsequent yr, the consultant stated.
It should allow “real-time translation in audio and textual content because the callers are on the road”, the spokesman stated, including that it has not been decided what number of languages shall be supported.
The interpretation shall be enabled even when a name accomplice makes use of a non-Samsung smartphone, as the brand new mannequin will use “on-device AI know-how”.
Talking to a foreigner utilizing the brand new AI function shall be “so simple as turning on closed captions” on streaming exhibits, Samsung stated in a press launch, with non-public conversations safely locked in on the telephones.
The revealing comes because the South Korean agency is racing to develop its generative AI mannequin known as Samsung Gauss, which is available in three fields of language, code and picture, and is presently used amongst firm workers.
The corporate will incorporate the AI system into its wide selection of merchandise within the close to future, it stated, with out specifying timing or the fashions.
