From CNET: Google is debuting three new AI experiments that are intended to help users learn foreign languages on the go. The tools use Google's Gemini large language model to identify objects and situations in a user's immediate environment and provide translations that could help users ask for help or spark a conversation.
If you want to give the new experiments a try, you can find them on the Google Labs webpage. Google experiments aren't applications, which means you don't have to download anything to get started. You can just click into the experiment you want to try and begin typing in your prompts.
In debuting these new features, Google is going head-to-head with other foreign language-learning services that are also focusing on AI tools. Duolingo's CEO recently announced that the company "will be going AI-first," and OpenAI's ChatGPT has the ability to begin new foreign-language conversations at any time upon request.
Google's new Tiny Lesson tool lets you describe a situation you're in to learn vocabulary and grammar that can help describe a problem to the locals. Using the provided context, the tool will provide suggestions that aid you in understanding how to ask for help if you haven't learned specific phrases tailored to their current issue.
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