OpenAI is putting Google Translate on notice: It now has a dedicated ChatGPT Translate webpage that can convert writing in 50 languages. At first glance it looks like a basic text-to-text translator that resembles Google Translate and other simple language translation tools on the web. But scrolling down the page reveals more about OpenAI’s ambitions for Translate.<\/p>\n
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You’ll come across a line that mentions adding voice or an image (for instance, a photo of a sign) to get a translation, although the page doesn’t indicate when those capabilities will become available.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews.\u00a0<\/em>Add CNET<\/em>\u00a0as a preferred Google source.<\/em><\/p>\n OpenAI’s breakout of Translate comes as its chief competitor, Google, is aggressively deploying AI to support features like\u00a0live translations using headphones<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0new language learning tools<\/span><\/span>. In 2024, Google\u00a0added 110 languages<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to its translations.<\/p>\n Language translation is a hot field for artificial intelligence in general. At CES 2026 last week, for instance, CNET’s Macy Meyer tried out a phone<\/span><\/span>-sized device and companion headphones<\/span><\/span> that let her carry on a live conversation<\/span><\/span> with a Polish speaker even though she doesn’t speak Polish herself.<\/p>\n <\/div> ChatGPT’s translation features now have their own webpage at chatgpt.com\/translate. The page is basic and it directs you to ChatGPT’s main conversation tool once a translation is done.<\/p>\n <\/span> OpenAI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The skills that ChatGPT Translate currently provides are things you can already do in the chatbot itself. In fact, once you translate text on the webpage, ChatGPT offers a set of sample prompts as one-click buttons for what you can do with that text, such as “translate this and make it sound more fluent” or “translate this as if you’re explaining it to a child.”<\/p>\n Selecting one of those prompts takes you to a ChatGPT conversation where options like image uploads are readily available.\u00a0<\/p>\n OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. \u00a0<\/p>\n (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
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