To really speak and understand a new language, you need to interact with humans. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Language learning apps like Duolingo are useful, but they have their limits. They're ideal for getting started with a new language, beefing up vocabulary, practicing skills, and even having fun playing the built-in games.

If you can tolerate a degree of ambiguity and ethical gray zones, a startup will buy a digital deepfake copy of your face via which artificial intelligence software will sell people products and education services, according to a recent report from MIT Technology Review. As of writing, the company has roughly 100 composite "faces" lined up. And it wants to add yours. "We've got a queue of people that are dying to become these characters," said Hour One's Strategy Lead Natalie Monbiot, in the report from MIT. To join the small army of brainless faces of the marketing world, deepfake hopefuls can apply on the company's website, where you can submit your Instagram profile, email address, and your (real) name.

Liri can juggle so many jobs, in multiple countries, because she has hired out her face to Hour One, a startup that uses people's likenesses to create AI-voiced characters that then appear in marketing and educational videos for organizations around the world. It is part of a wave of companies overhauling the way digital content is produced. And it has big implications for the human workforce. Liri does her waitressing and bar work in person, but she has little idea what her digital clones are up to. "It is definitely a bit strange to think that my face can appear in videos or ads for different companies," she says.

Would you like to learn a language from a friendly piece of software? Berlitz has been in the business of language instruction for 143 years. They've been looking to move forward with 21st Century technology, but at the same time "Berlitz has built our methodology and brand on delivering the best outcomes for students serious about fluency, which requires a very human centric experience," said Curt Uehlein, Berlitz's CEO. Digital online resources for learning language are surprisingly sparse. Search for language instruction videos on YouTube and you'll find a handful of short, often homemade, videos covering some basic vocabulary.

Would you like to learn a language from a friendly piece of software? Berlitz has been in the business of language instruction for 143 years. They've been looking to move forward with 21st Century technology, but at the same time "Berlitz has built our methodology and brand on delivering the best outcomes for students serious about fluency, which requires a very human centric experience," said Curt Uehlein, Berlitz's CEO. Digital online resources for learning language are surprisingly sparse. Search for language instruction videos on YouTube and you'll find a handful of short, often homemade, videos covering some basic vocabulary.