New University of Kent research has found promising signs that AI platforms have the potential to limit the illegal wildlife trade. The research paper titled "Assessing safeguards against the illegal wildlife trade on AI platforms" is published in Conservation Biology.
If you're driving through GM's sprawling campus in Warren, Michigan, you'd likely ignore the pair of adjacent, anonymous white buildings tucked away in the upper reaches of the 710-acre space. Inside those buildings, which total half a million square feet together, is a massive construction project that's still in progress. Once completed, it will house GM's new Battery Cell Development Center, where the automaker is working furiously to build new prototype cells with the goal of slashing the cost of its EVs. GM has to build faster and cheaper to meet its goal of selling affordable EVs in much higher volumes. Those EVs will have to compete … Read the full story at The Verge.
Both sides in the closely watched federal appellate case involving companies in the Penske network of companies now have made their case to the Fifth Circuit, as it considers whether to take up a larger hearing on an issue that has enormous disruptive potential for broker and carrier liability. The plaintiffs in the case, all connected to the estate of Lyndon Dean Meyer who was killed in the accident at the heart of the legal dispute, last week submitted its brief arguing against the Fifth Circuit taking up an en banc hearing on the case that saw the Penske companies lose on the appellate level. That came after Penske companies had earlier won on the district court level in the Southern District of Texas on the question of liability. But the district court decision was overturned by the Fifth Circuit. That led the Penske companies to seek an en banc hearing before the larger circuit. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1', [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0'); }); Meyer was killed on impact the day after Christmas 2018 when a truck that was on the road through a process that began with a Penske company slammed into his vehicle on Highway 202 in Bee County, Texas. Bee County is roughly located between San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Who was calling the shots? At issue in the case is that of control. The step-by-step history of the freight in question in the case known as Crane vs. Liberty Lane is that Penske Logistics was hired by car seat manufacturer Adient to ship their product; they gave the job to Penske Transportation Management (PTM), its brokerage affiliate; PTM brokered the freight to Liberty Lane, a carrier; that company in turn brokered it to OK Trans; and a driver for that company crashed into Meyer. Penske has said it was not aware of the double brokering from Liberty Lane to OK Trans. But the fact of the double brokering is not a key issue in the case. It is cited more in passing by the Penske companies to establish it had nothing to do with the fatal accident, noting it had no idea the cargo was being transported by OK Trans. With the Montgomery case taking any protection away from PTM that might have been been a legal argument before the Supreme Court decision in that case, the legal finding that has the trucking industry concerned is the appellate court’s ruling that Penske Logistics, the carrier at the start of the multi-step chain, was liable for the actions of Satnam Singh Lehal, the OK Trans driver who crashed into Meyer. Big worries among the lawyers window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot3', [[728, 90], [468, 60], [320, 50], [300, 100]], 'div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0'); }); That is being viewed in parts of trucking’s legal bar as a highly concerning precedent. In its request for an en banc hearing, Penske Logistics and PTM said the initial agreement was with PTM, which then brokered the load out to Liberty Lane. The Penske companies also cited the decision of the district court, which (quoting the lower court’s favorable finding) “found no cases where a court imposed statutory-employer liability absent an arrangement…between the motor carrier and the vehicle’s owner or driver.” In that request, Penske said the appellate court’s decision holding it vicariously liable “as a statutory employer of the owner-operator of the truck whom it did not control, and with whom it had no arrangement, no communication and no knowledge of its existence” was a first in the annals of trucking law. Different interpretation of the law window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot4', [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1709668086344-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1709668086344-0'); }); But the arguments put forth by the Meyer-related plaintiffs in opposing the en banc motion, not surprisingly, don’t see it that way. “Penske (Logistics) did have ‘an arrangement’ with the operator of the truck, which it effectuated through its broker subsidiary and a relationship with another motor carrier,” the plaintiffs argued in their opposition to an en banc hearing. “The fact that this ‘arrangement’ was indirect, rather than direct, makes no difference under the unambiguous statutory text or the regulatory scheme.” The plaintiffs argued that the “Control Statute and Regulations–49 U.S.C. § 14102 and 49 C.F.R. § 376.11-12 and 376.22–“(impose) vicarious liability (commonly known as ‘statutory employer’ liability) on a motor carrier that ‘uses motor vehicles not owned by it to transport property under an arrangement with another property,'” quoting the statute. “Penske certainly could and should have complied with the statutory and regulatory requirements by obtaining a compliant lease of the truck and exercising the control and supervision over the truck and its driver that the (statute and regulations) require,” the plaintiffs’ brief argues. “If Penske didn’t know what a driver was doing on its behalf, it was only because Penske neglected all of its statutory and regulatory duties.” The decision by the Fifth Circuit appellate court, the plaintiffs said, “was faithful to the text of the statute and regulations, which were adopted to eliminate the very abuses Penske…(seeks) to perpetuate. This case doesn’t warrant rehearing en banc.” The core of the argument was revisited elsewhere in the en banc brief by the plaintiffs. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot5', [[728, 90], [468, 60], [320, 50], [300, 100]], 'div-gpt-ad-1665767778941-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1665767778941-0'); }); “The right of control imposed by the statute and regulations creates ‘statutory employment,’ making the motor carrier vicariously liable for the driver’s negligence, even when he is an independent contractor,” the plaintiffs wrote. Penske has friends The en banc petition has drawn amicus briefs from a joint submission by the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association, as well as a brief from the Trucking Industry Defense Association. In its amicus brief, that petitioner described itself as “an international organization that includes over 1,900 members comprised of motor carriers, transportation logistics companies, insurers of motor carriers, third party claims administrators, and legal counsel.” window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot6', [[728, 90], [468, 60], [320, 50], [300, 100]], 'div-gpt-ad-1665767872042-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 30000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1665767872042-0'); }); More articles by John Kingston FMCSA’s Elison: ‘weeks’ away from fixing Motus user experience Wall Street analysts positive on C.H. 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Google Deepmind's AlphaProof Nexus solved dozens of open math problems, including nine Erdős problems two of which were unsolved for 56 years, per a study in Science. The publication comes as OpenAI faces a boycott for dumping AI proofs on GitHub without peer review. Deepmind had its results reviewed before publishing. The article Google Deepmind's AlphaProof Nexus solved dozens of open math problems and actually got peer reviewed appeared first on The Decoder.
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AI live translation tools turn speech into translated captions or speech while people are still talking. The market now spans consumer apps, meeting add-ons, event platforms and developer APIs. We checked 12 tools against official product, pricing and documentation pages. What is an AI live translation tool? It listens, transcribes, translates and outputs captions or synthetic speech in near real time. Most products chain speech recognition, machine translation and text-to-speech. Captions suit webinars. Speech output suits two-way calls. The 12 tools, grouped by use case Real-time conversations and developer APIs 1. Palabra.ai: Palabra.ai does two-way speech-to-speech translation with automatic voice cloning and captions. It claims under 1 second latency and offers a WebRTC and WebSocket API. API speech-to-speech costs $0.04 per minute; Meetings plans start at $60 per month. 2. Google Translate Live translate: Google’s Gemini 3.5 Live Translate covers 70+ languages and preserves intonation and pacing. Google says output runs a few seconds behind the speaker. It works in the Translate app with any headphones, and in the Gemini Live API preview. 3. Apple Live Translation: Apple’s Live Translation plays translated speech through AirPods and runs entirely on device. It supports 10 language variants. It needs recent AirPods and an Apple Intelligence iPhone on iOS 26. Inside meeting platforms 4. DeepL Voice: DeepL Voice for Meetings translates 40+ languages into voice and subtitles in Teams, Zoom and Google Meet. Meeting data is deleted when the call ends. DeepL Pro plans include 30 Voice minutes per user monthly. 5. Microsoft Teams Interpreter agent: Interpreter is a Copilot agent for speech-to-speech interpretation in Teams, with optional voice simulation. Admin docs list 9 languages; the support page lists 10. A Copilot license includes 20 hours per user monthly. 6. JotMe: JotMe captures Zoom, Teams, Meet and Webex audio without a bot. Its 200+ languages are translation targets; fast mode offers 13. Pro costs $10 per month billed annually. 7. Talo: Talo joins Zoom, Google Meet or Teams with translated voice and captions in 60+ languages. Pro costs $80 per month billed annually for 400 minutes. Events and webinars 8. Wordly: Wordly sells conference AI interpretation with captions and AI audio across 3,000+ language pairs. Per its FAQ, audio plays after each sentence ends. Packages start at about $1,500 for 10 hours. 9. Interprefy: Interprefy combines human interpreters with Interprefy AI captions and speech. Its knowledge base lists 82 fully supported languages. Interprefy Now turns attendee phones into receivers. Pricing is quote-based. 10. KUDO: KUDO pairs an AI speech translator with 12,000+ human interpreters. The AI side lists 77 languages, up to 32 per meeting. Pricing is quote-based. 11. Boostlingo: Boostlingo targets healthcare, legal and events. Its AI products cover 130+ languages, backed by human interpreters. It states 90 to 98% AI accuracy and HIPAA compliance. 12. Maestra Live: Maestra Live adds live captions, translation and dubbing to Zoom, Meet, Teams, OBS and vMix in 125+ languages. Premium costs $79 per month; dubbing starts at $159. How do the 12 AI live translation tools compare? window.addEventListener("message",function(e){if(e.data&&e.data.mtpFrame==="mtp-lt12"){var f=document.getElementById("mtp-lt12-frame");if(f)f.style.height=e.data.h+"px";}}); #mtp-lt12-wrap p:empty,#mtp-lt12-wrap hr{display:none!important} Which AI live translation tool should you pick? Two-way calls or product integration: Palabra.ai or the Gemini Live API. Travel and face-to-face: Google Translate or Apple Live Translation. Daily meetings on one platform: DeepL Voice, Teams Interpreter, JotMe or Talo. Conferences and webinars: Wordly, Interprefy or KUDO. Regulated, high-stakes sessions: Boostlingo or KUDO, with human interpreters on standby. Key Takeaways Gemini 3.5 Live Translate brings speech-to-speech in 70+ languages to any headphones. Teams Interpreter covers only 9 to 10 languages but ships with Copilot. Event platforms like Wordly, Interprefy and KUDO stay mostly quote-based. Language counts are not apples to apples, so pilot on your own pairs. Check each vendor’s official page linked above for current languages and pricing. Facts verified October 12, 2026. The post Top 12 AI Live Translation Tools in 2026: Latency, Languages, Pricing appeared first on MarkTechPost.
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