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Pluralsight Expands AI Features in Iris Assistant


Pluralsight Expands AI Features in Iris Assistant
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  • December 17, 2025

Pluralsight, the leading technology skills development company, has announced significant expansions to its AI-supported learning capabilities. New features in Iris, the company's AI learning assistant, along with AI-driven translations, aim to enhance personalization, efficiency, and accessibility, creating a more equitable learning environment for professionals worldwide mastering critical technology skills.

Quick Intel

  • Pluralsight introduces AI-powered translations for courses in Spanish, German, and French.
  • Translations feature natural-sounding audio in the original author's voice with lip sync.
  • Iris enhancements include just-in-time knowledge checks across 3000+ courses.
  • New "ask this video" feature provides transcript-sourced answers via RAG technology.
  • Features promote immediate feedback, retention, and personalized learning.
  • Additional languages and course coverage planned for 2026.

AI Translations Enhance Global Accessibility

Pluralsight now delivers AI-powered translations for content in Spanish, German, and French, featuring natural-sounding audio generated in the voice of the original course author. This preserves instructional authenticity while adapting tone, cadence, and cultural inflections. Learners can switch languages seamlessly without restarting courses, supported by AI-driven lip sync and localized closed captions for improved comprehension.

Chris Herbert, Chief Content Officer at Pluralsight, emphasized the impact: "These translation capabilities remove a major barrier for the millions of learners who aren't native English speakers," said Chris Herbert, Chief Content Officer at Pluralsight. "By delivering audio in the author's real voice, and culturally aligned translations, we're making high-quality tech education more inclusive, accessible, and effective around the world."

Advanced Iris Features for Adaptive Learning

Iris introduces expanded just-in-time knowledge checks integrated into over 3000 courses, allowing learners to validate understanding immediately upon concept introduction. This provides instant feedback, enables course correction, maximizes efficiency by focusing on challenging areas, and boosts retention for better skill mastery.

The new "ask this video" capability, powered by retrieval-augmented generation and available across all courses, lets users query specific video segments for accurate, transcript-based answers aligned with the author's intent. It ensures content fidelity, offers context-aware personalization, and reduces learning friction through instant insights.

Erin Gajdalo, Chief Executive Officer at Pluralsight, highlighted the human-centric approach: "Our latest platform enhancements showcase how powerful human-led instruction can be when coupled with AI-assisted learning technologies," said Erin Gajdalo, Chief Executive Officer at Pluralsight. "This is truly human-centric design. We believe modern learning platforms have to go beyond content delivery and incorporate dynamic features that empower more learners to stay engaged, learn faster, and truly master high-demand skills. That's what learners will find in our latest updates."

These updates reflect Pluralsight's commitment to combining expert-led content with AI to deliver inclusive, effective technology skill development, with further expansions planned for 2026.

 

About Pluralsight

Pluralsight provides the only learning platform dedicated to accelerating the technology skills and capabilities of today's tech workforce. Thousands of companies, government organizations, and individuals around the world rely on Pluralsight to support critical technology skill development in areas that are crucial to innovation, including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, software development, and machine learning. Pluralsight offers highly curated content developed by vetted technology experts, industry leading skill assessments, and hands-on, immersive learning experiences designed to help individuals skill-up faster. The company is headquartered in Westlake, Texas with worldwide offices in India and Ireland.

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