Inappropriate AI Translation Incident: Facebook Mishandles Chinese President's Name
January 18, 2020
Facebook mishandled the translation of the Chinese president's name, providing a vulgar Burmese-English translation in posts on an official Burmese politician's Facebook page announcing his visit. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help ensure safe and secure AI? JOIN US
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- Alleged harmed parties
- xi-jinping, aung-san-suu-kyi
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