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Facebook translates 'good morning' into 'attack them', leading to arrest
Facebook's automatic language translation software incorrectly translated an Arabic post saying "Good morning" into Hebrew saying "hurt them," leading to the arrest of a Palestinian man in Beitar Illit, Israel.
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- reported
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Reported occurrence date: 2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
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- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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