Crunchyroll Is Testing A.I. For Subtitling Anime Now!
It was also revealed that the company is testing A.I. to help users personalize their experience
On Monday, Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini confirmed that the company is testing the use of generative A.I. in creating captions and subtitles for anime in an interview with The Verge.
According to Purini, the use of A.I. will be to “optimize (their) processes”, allowing for subtitles in more languages and more quicker.
It was also revealed that the company is testing A.I. to help users personalize their experience and discover shows that are to their liking.
Crunchyroll offers the largest anime streaming service in the world, as one of the top 10 streaming companies in the U.S.
It is an American subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony Group Corporation.
The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian media, including anime, J-Dramas, K-Dramas and other live action stuff and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
It offers over 1,000 anime shows, more than 200 East Asian dramas in over 15 languages, and around 80 manga titles as Crunchyroll Manga, although the number of available shows varies by each country due to licensing restrictions.
Crunchyroll passed one million paid subscribers in February 2017, and has over 10 million paid subscribers as of 2022.
Source: The Verge (Decoder) (Nick Statt) via CBR
