Mind your language: The battle for linguistic diversity in AI

Mr. Pichai’s speech was a far cry from the linguistic missteps of early generative AI – a branch of artificial intelligence capable of creating original content, from text to images, music and animation. When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, non-English speakers quickly discovered its limitations. A query in English would generate a detailed, informative response. The same prompt in French? Two paragraphs, followed by a sheepish apology: "Sorry, I haven’t been trained on that," or, "my model isn't updated beyond this date."

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