Powering Translator’s upgrades is Z-code, a part of Microsoft’s larger XYZ-code initiative to combine AI models for text, vision, audio, and language in order to create AI systems that can ...

For example, a model’s translation skills might be used to improve its ability to understand natural (i.e., everyday) language. Microsoft rolled out Z-code-powered enhancements to Translator ...

Microsoft's new Z-code models, which use a 'Mixture of Experts' approach, are meant to make Translator and other Microsoft AI services perform better and be more efficient to run.