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Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get AI-generated accented English instead

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Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get AI-generated accented English instead

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 days ago

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Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

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Huh. Fuckups like this have never happened before.

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