At CES 2025, VideoLAN demonstrated VLC's new AI-powered feature that provides real-time automatic subtitling and translation in multiple languages, all processed locally on users' machines without cloud services. This development marks a significant step as subtitles can now be translated instantly into over 100 languages using open-source AI models. This innovation builds on previous efforts involving OpenAI's Whisper for speech recognition, although the new capabilities are integrated directly into the VLC player. Despite no release date being announced, VideoLAN is celebrating 6 billion downloads as VLC's user base continues to expand.