Instagram Egregiously Mistranslates Palestinian User Bios, Inserting Word “Terrorist”

Localization Today

Oct 27 2023 | 00:03:04

00:00 / 00:03:04

Hosted By

Show Notes

A bug in Instagram’s auto-translate feature is highlighting the problem of bias in multilingual language models (MLMs) and the need for more transparency from companies that employ them.

Read the full article at: https://multilingual.com/instagram-egregiously-mistranslates-palestinian-user-bios-inserting-word-terrorist/

Other Episodes

Episode 90

September 19, 2023 • 00:11:16

Shifting the Balance of Power from the Interpreter to the Deaf Consumer

For the first time in Joshua Pennise’s membership with the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the National Association of the Deaf, the...

Episode 177

July 29, 2022 • 00:03:31

IIT Madras launches institute for AI and language technology

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) announced earlier this week that it's launched an institute specifically dedicated to the development of language...

Episode 207

September 02, 2024 • 00:39:58

How LLMs Are Changing the Language Industry

Laszlo Varga discusses trends in language technology, including the shift from Nimdzi's Language Technology Atlas to the more dynamic Language Technology Radar and its...