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Explaining ARS further, Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt said:

There was a small bug in a test that we carried out which wrongly caused the English translation (s) to the English that you saw. This bug has been resolved. Unsurprisingly, English translations to English are not part of our strategy, because they are not necessary. Translations from English to English were not a desired or expected result of the test.

Reddit carried out the test he was performing, but his translations on automatic learning still works, said Rathschmidt. The company plans to correct the buckt and again execute its unrecognized “test”.

Reddit’s explanation differs from user theories floating beforehand, which was mainly that Reddit rewritten summaries created by the user with a generative AI, possibly to stimulate SEO. Some can still be disturbed by the persistent problem for weeks without explanation and the apparent lack of manual checks for the translation service. However, Redditors can now comfort itself by knowing that Reddit does not currently use generative AI to modify the content generated by users without notice.

Paige_railtone, however, maintains frustration and means to the administrators of Reddit: “Stop. The translation bug, they noted, led people to publish on a sub-shaft for autistic parents that their child could be autistic, “and how terrible it would be for them,” recalls Paige_railtone.

“These are the kinds of involuntarily insulting positions that push autistic people to leave a community, and this increases the workload of American moderators,” they said.

Paige_railtone also considers the incident as a reason for the moderators to be more cautious.

“It has never been a concern, but this translation service has been deployed without any notification that I am aware, and no option to deactivate it in the control of mods. It has the potential to cause problems, as we have seen in the past two weeks,” they said.

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