Last night I came across the announcement from CES in Vegas last week that VLC (the not-for-profit, open source media player) has now built in a FREE AI Powered Subtitle and Language translator into its media player that will even translate and subtitle videos into 100 languages while the user is watching videos offline!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/8974527792583812

https://www.pcmag.com/news/vlc-media-player-to-use-ai-to-generate-subtitles-for-videos

I don't know enough about the product or industry to know if free, open source advancements like this eventually disrupt AIM's live broadcast niche, but it doesn't seem like a huge leap.

In Strawman's notes after interviewing the AIM CEO he mentions the company is in the early stages of tapping into the broader market potential and that 25% of the total market is subtitling pre-recorded media. Assuming the quality of VLC's FREE translator and subtitling engine is similar, surely that whole segment just went the way of Appen?

AIM is on my watchlist... I think I'll sit tight and watch a while longer..