Google Translate now has a free Practice Mode powered by Gemini AI that helps you learn languages with listening and speaking exercises, vocabulary drills, and custom scenarios. Available in beta on ...

Want to learn a new language but not sure where to start? While translation apps are handy for quick conversations, actually learning a language offers serious benefits. Studies have shown that it can ...

Learning a new language before the Internet was brutal. It involved dense textbooks and a bunch of in-person classes, spending innumerable hours en route to full fluency. We've come a long way since ...

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

I have shared many columns about how teachers might want to consider—and how they might not want to consider—using artificial intelligence in the classroom. You can see many of those previous posts ...