• lath@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    I think it’s that thing where they do it on purpose so someone corrects it for free and then they steal it.

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      1 month ago

      What do you mean steal it? The article makes it clear that the errors are likely the result of AI hallucinations that arose during translation and that accounts that have submitted multiple articles with these errors will be subject to additional review or banning from this program. It seems likely that underpaid people using AI to translate things aren’t paying as much attention to the output as Wikipedia expects.