Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to use cloned versions of their voices to speak and translate conversation in real time, as the company unveils its new, AI-powered Interpreter tool. Announced at the annual Microsoft Ignite conference and reported by TechCrunch,

Microsoft plans to let Teams users clone their voices so they can have their sound-alikes speak to others in meetings in different languages. At Microsoft

Microsoft wants to simplify communication across language barriers in its Teams meeting platform by introducing a unique AI feature: real-time translations that not only convey your words but also replicate your voice.

Atom Computing, the startup with which Microsoft has partnered on the new quantum computer, is backed by more than $100 million in funding. It will supply qubits and related technologies for the system. Microsoft, in turn, is supplying a so-called qubit virtualization module that will perform tasks such as correcting data processing errors.

Microsoft and Atom Computing say they've reached a new milestone in their effort to build fault-tolerant quantum computers.