How AI Learned to Speak Lots of Languages

AI doesn't just know English. It knows Spanish, French, Japanese, Arabic, and more — sometimes 100 languages. That's because it read writing from all over the world during training.

Some examples

• Ask AI 'How do you say hello in Spanish?' and it answers 'Hola'.
• AI can translate sentences between languages.
• It works better in English because there's more English writing online.
• Some smaller languages don't have as much training data, so AI is weaker at them.

Try it!

Pick a language you don't know. Ask an AI to teach you 5 simple words in that language — like 'hello', 'thank you', and 'cat'. Practice saying them out loud!