A PYMNTS Company

Why ChatGPT Lies In Some Languages More Than Others

By  |  May 1, 2023

By: David Coldewey (TechCrunch)

    Get the Full Story

    Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.

    yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today.

    By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

    The use of AI is still a work in progress, and caution should be exercised regarding its potential to confidently provide incorrect information. However, it appears that certain languages are more susceptible to this than others.

    The reason for this was recently investigated by NewsGuard, a misinformation watchdog group, who discovered that ChatGPT produces more inaccurate information in Chinese dialects than in English.

    They conducted tests by prompting the language model to write news articles about various false claims attributed to the Chinese government, such as the notion that the protests in Hong Kong were orchestrated by U.S.-associated agents provocateurs.

    ChatGPT only complied with one out of seven examples when asked to write in English, generating an article that echoed the official Chinese government position that the mass detention of Uyghur people in the country was actually a vocational and educational program…

    CONTINUE READING…