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RockBottom@feddit.org to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Wikipedia editors introduced new restrictions on contributors after discovering that AI-assisted translations were introducing factual errors and fabricated citations into articles

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Wikipedia editors introduced new restrictions on contributors after discovering that AI-assisted translations were introducing factual errors and fabricated citations into articles

www.404media.co

RockBottom@feddit.org to Fuck AI@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles
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AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/43905111

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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    AI is literally ruining everything for absolutely no reason.

    No one asked for this shit.

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    deleted by creator

    • RockBottom@feddit.orgOP
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      They won‘t poison old books and such, the internet didn‘t keep any promises anyway.

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    Reality is now officially just a series of popular misconceptions

    • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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      🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀 Always has been.

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    Wait, people don’t double-check the automatic translations? Lazy fucks.

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    Same issue as PCWorld.

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