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They decided that an AI translator could replace the Spanish-speaking staff to translate articles.
It didn't work too well.
The translator program repeatedly failed partway through the articles, reverting to English. Also, the translators wrote tech articles of interest to the Spanish community, which the AI could not do.
A terrible loss all around.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-took-my-job-literally-gizmodo-fires-spanish-staff-amid-switch-to-ai-translator/
It didn't work too well.
The translator program repeatedly failed partway through the articles, reverting to English. Also, the translators wrote tech articles of interest to the Spanish community, which the AI could not do.
A terrible loss all around.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-took-my-job-literally-gizmodo-fires-spanish-staff-amid-switch-to-ai-translator/
