AI Wikipedia translations added hallucinated sources.
A non-profit called Open Knowledge Association has been using AI to translate Wikipedia articles, leading to “hallucinations” that included incorrect, fabricated, replaced, and unrelated sources, 404 Media reports. Wikipedia editors are now placing restrictions on OKA translators, including blocking them if too many of their contributions are found with errors.
TL;DR
- Open Knowledge Association uses AI to translate Wikipedia articles.
- AI translations have introduced "hallucinations" including incorrect, fabricated, replaced, and unrelated sources.
- Wikipedia editors are restricting OKA translators.
- Translators may be blocked if their contributions contain too many errors.