Facebook's artificial intelligence tool makes translation nine times faster

Social media giant, which already translates posts in more than 45 languages, is set to get AI boost

Facebook says its researchers have found a new way to use artificial intelligence to translate material on its social network faster and more accurately. This could mean Facebook users eventually seeing everything translated immediately into their preferred language, not just posts but videos, too. Facebook already translates posts in more than 45 languages, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there is still "a lot more to do."

Translation has always been one of the most vital applications of Facebook’s artificial intelligence (AI) research. To overcome this obstacle, Facebook today announced a method of machine learning translation that the