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AI blunder changes candidate name to "Horses Fuck" on Dutch election site

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A candidate's name was inadvertently altered to "Horses Fuck" on the election website of the municipality of Hilversum due to an AI error. This bizarre change occurred when candidate Hester Bais's name was mistranslated or corrupted by an artificial intelligence system. The municipality is now dealing with the fallout of this AI-induced blunder. AI

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RANK_REASON The story concerns a bizarre and humorous AI error rather than a significant AI development or release.

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AI blunder changes candidate name to "Horses Fuck" on Dutch election site

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Nederlands(NL) · rtlnieuws ·

    Horses Fuck on the ballot: community is making a big mistake with AI Horses Fuck, candidate Hester Bais suddenly appeared on the English election site

    𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗷𝘀𝘁: 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗜 Horses Fuck, zo stond kandidaat-raadslid Hester Bais ineens op de Engelse verkiezingssite van de gemeente Hilversum. De bizarre naamsverandering blijkt het gevolg van een AI-blunder. https://www. rtl.nl/nieuws/edi…

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