#240 Anthropic Stuns with Fact About Claude Use for AI Translation

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Florian and Esther, along with Slator Head of Research, Anna Wyndham, discuss the language industry and AI news of the week, with findings from Anthropic’s recent research on Claude’s usage. The analysis of over 4 million conversations revealed a surprising fact about how people use AI for translation.

Turning to YouTube, Florian discussed CEO Neal Mohan’s statement that AI dubbing is among the platform’s "big bets" for 2025.

In a spree of AI announcements, Deepgram unveiled its Nova-3 speech-to-text model for enterprise use and Panjaya launched Pod Pro, an AI-powered multilingual sync tool. Meanwhile, Adobe expanded Firefly to include language capabilities, and Centific launched FLOW, an enterprise-grade AI solution.

In Esther’s M&A and funding corner, Lingopal secured USD 14m in funding to enhance real-time multilingual broadcasting, focusing on sports and live events, and TransPerfect acquired Apostroph Group to solidify its position in the DACH region.

Anna discussed Meta’s Language Technology Partner Program, which aims to improve AI for low-resource languages and preserve linguistic diversity. The episode wrapped with Florian noting Supertext’s rebranding and comparison with DeepL, where it claimed superior results in document-level translation quality.

Chapters

1. Intro and Agenda (00:00:00)

2. Anthropic’s Research on Claude’s AI Translation Usage (00:01:53)

3. YouTube's Big Bet on AI Dubbing (00:08:42)

4. Deepgram Unveils Nova-3 Speech-to-Text Model (00:11:11)

5. Panjaya Launches Pod Pro (00:11:51)

6. Adobe Expands Firefly to Include Language Capabilities (00:12:39)

7. Centific Launches FLOW (00:14:45)

8. Lingopal Raises USD 14M in Series A (00:15:29)

9. TransPerfect Acquires Apostroph Group (00:23:54)

10. Meta’s Language Technology Partner Program (00:27:31)

11. Supertext’s Rebranding and Comparison with DeepL (00:31:40)