WASHINGTON ¨C Names translated as months of the year, incorrect time frames and mixed-up pronouns ¡ª the everyday failings of AI-driven translation apps are causing havoc in the U.S. asylum system, critics say.
¡°We have countless examples of this nature,¡± said Ariel Koren, founder of Respond Crisis Translation, a global collective that has translated more than 13,000 asylum applications, warning that errors can lead to unfounded denials.
In one case, she said, attorneys missed a crucial detail in a woman¡¯s account of domestic abuse because the translation app they were using kept breaking down, and they ran out of time.
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