ChatGPT answers English users in Welsh
ChatGPT's new voice interface responded to English-language prompts in Welsh, resulting in bewilderment and ridicule. OpenAI attributed the problem to limitations in its voice transcription system, Whisper , which can mistakenly transcribe audio into Welsh instead of English. To mitigate this issue, users are advised to change their “Speech” setting from “Auto-detect” to English. The Welsh language bug is a new manifestation of the common problem of large language models “hallucinating.” The problem continues to plague generative AI systems despite years of development and significant investment, according to the Financial Times . This is not the first linguistic error reported; earlier in the year, some users experienced responses in a mix of Spanish and English. Hallucination (artificial intelligence) In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), a hallucination or artificial hallucination (also called bullshitting, confabulation or delusion) is a response generated by AI that contains false or misleading information presented as fact . Source: Wikipedia System 🤖 ChatGPT Whisper Operator: Developer: Open AI Country: UK Sector: Multiple Purpose: Generate text Technology: Chatbot; Generative AI; Machine learning Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Mis/disinformation
- Date it happened
- 2024-08-01
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
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