AI Tech Briefing (Overnight): Google adds AI-powered simultaneous interpretation; other AI industry updates

Summary

Chinese outlet Sina’s AI briefing roundup highlights a fresh wave of AI product and industry updates from the past night, led by Google rolling out an AI-driven real-time voice translation / simultaneous interpretation capability (as reported by the outlet). In practical terms, this kind of ‘always-on’ translation moves AI from “generate text” into the ambient layer of daily communication—meetings, travel, customer support—where latency and reliability matter more than flashy demos. The roundup format also reflects a broader reality: major AI changes are now shipping continuously across products (apps, devices, cloud) and getting surfaced to the public as a stream of incremental releases rather than single blockbuster launches. For watchers of the Race to AGI, these small shipping moments are often the real leading indicator—because they reveal where model capability has become cheap and stable enough to productize at scale. ([news.sina.com.cn](https://news.sina.com.cn/zx/ds/2025-12-13/doc-inhaqxsv6747298.shtml?utm_source=openai))