Google says its multisearch tool, which lets users search using both images and text, will expand to more than 70 languages in the next few months (Jay Peters/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge:
Google details an AI model trained on 400+ languages with the largest “coverage seen in a speech model” and plans to expand to the 1,000 most spoken languages  —  Google has announced an ambitious new project to develop a single AI language model that supports the world’s “1,000 most spoken languages.”

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
Meta AI unveils an open-source translator for languages that are primarily spoken rather than written, which can currently translate between Hokkien and English  —  Nearly half of the world’s roughly 7,000 known languages four in ten of them exist without an accompanying written component.

Jay Peters / The Verge:
The FTC and seven US states settle with Google and iHeartMedia, requiring the companies to pay $9.4M for allegedly paying radio hosts for deceptive Pixel 4 ads  —  Google and iHeartMedia are settling with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven state attorneys general for allegedly paying radio hosts …

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Epic makes RealityScan app, which lets users scan real-life objects to turn them into 3D models, available for free on iOS, after a limited beta launch in April  —  Epic Games’ RealityScan app, which lets you scan real-life objects and turn them into 3D models for video games or other projects …

Adele Peters / Fast Company:
GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite imagery to find low-income hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico and Florida and send cash payments  —  Storms worsen inequality.  These $700 cash payments can help lessen the blow.  —  After a disaster like Hurricane Ian …

Kate Park / TechCrunch:
LG launches LG Art Lab which lets US users buy, sell, and trade NFTs on its smart TVs, partners with Hedera to enable purchases via LG’s crypto wallet, Wallypto  —  LG Electronics said today it has released its non-fungible token (NFT) platform LG Art Lab, which lets users discover, buy, sell and trade NFTs on LG’s smart TVs.