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Google releases TranslateGemma, a suite of Gemma 3-based open translation models available in 4B, 12B, and 27B parameter sizes with support for 55 languages (The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/translategemma/

TranslateGemma: A new suite of open translation models
TranslateGemma is a new family of open translation models built on Gemma 3.

Google integriert KI in Translate und erweitert Lerntool
Google will Übersetzungen mit Gemini in Translate verbessern. Ferner bringt Google Live-Übersetzungen für alle Kopfhörer und das Lerntool nach Deutschland.
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Last week, I had the honour of presenting my work on smart charging and V2G to the IEA's Transport Project Partnership.
https://www.iea.org/news/the-iea-convenes-transport-project-partnership-to-examine-the-topics…

The IEA convenes Transport Project Partnership to examine the topics shaping the transport sector - News - IEA
The IEA convenes Transport Project Partnership to examine the topics shaping the transport sector - News from the International Energy Agency

Interesting 👀 https://social.zarchbox.fr/notes/agclhhyre66bnqz3
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Just found a cool article about early anti-trans anti-woman Christianity, and the erasure of historical trans women
https://carisemry.substack.com/p/the-christian-roots-of-transmisogyny-019

Texas is making a list of transgender Texans using DMV data | KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station https://www.kut.org/politics/2025-12-15/texas-trans-transgender-drivers-license-id-list-privacy

Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list for.

OpenAI quietly rolls out ChatGPT Translate, a standalone website that currently supports plain text translations across 50 languages (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/chatgpt-translate-3632584/

ChatGPT Translate is here to take on Google Translate, but the battle is just beginning
OpenAI has quietly launched ChatGPT Translate, a Google Translate competitor with AI smarts to personalize translations.

OpenAI hat mit ChatGPT Translate jetzt einen eigenen Übersetzungsdienst
ChatGPT Translate ist ein separater Übersetzer für mehr als 50 Sprachen. Die KI bietet an verschiedene Zielgruppen angepasste Übersetzungen, etwa für Kinder.

Sources: the WH is pressuring Utah Republican State Rep. Doug Fiefia to abandon HB 286, an AI transparency and kids' safety bill similar to California's AI law (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/white-house-utah-ai-transparency-bill

White House pressures Utah lawmaker to kill AI transparency bill
It's a sign that the Trump administration is now starting to intervene with the states in its efforts to squash AI regulation.