Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

Google Translate now uses Gemini AI to decode idioms like "raining cats and dogs," offering alternative phrases and explanations on Android and iOS in the US and India.

Today, Slate is releasing the latest edition of a new weekly game called SoundBites. It’s a little bit crossword, a little bit phonics, and entirely dependent on the fact that English pronunciation ...

Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting ...

Auditory illusions, like how a word begins to sound meaningless when repeated, offer clues into the structure of language.

The app can support translation in over 100 languages and can work across other apps. Wispr Flow said it has done an ...

Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson apologised after shouting the N-word at the 2026 Baftas to avoid becoming a ‘poster boy’ ...

Krupa Padhy uncovers how we really learn foreign languages – in a dual challenge involving both Portuguese and Mandarin.

Learn the definition of 'snark', a sarcastic and cutting remark, in this animated Word of the Day video. Expand your ...

Last spring, at an outdoor market in Chongqing, China, I browsed stalls heaped with dried red chiles and steaming sweet cakes. Vendors touted fried mushrooms and roasted ducks to passing shoppers.

Hundreds of Danish veterans staged a silent protest in Copenhagen to protest Donald Trump's comments downplaying the role of non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan. Veterans marched from a memorial for ...