The Vatican just teamed up with language provider Translated to bring AI live translation to Holy Mass in 60 languages. Visitors at Saint Peter's Basilica can simply scan a QR code to stream live audio or read text directly in their mobile browser with no app required, powered by Translated's Lara AI.
Translated just shared findings from eight years and 2 billion edits tracking how fast machine translation is catching up to humans. Professional editors now spend 2 seconds per word fixing AI translations, down from 3.5 seconds in 2015 and inching closer to the 1-second human baseline. Why it matters: It offers a rare, measurable yardstick for AGI progress, though conquering language alone doesn't mean machines are actually intelligent.
