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Multilingual AIs are better at responding to queries in English

AIs that work in multiple languages responded more accurately to questions when they were asked to translate them into English first By Chris Stokel-Walker 15 August 2023 AI chatbots can respond to

AIs that work in multiple languages responded more accurately to questions when they were asked to translate them into English first

By Chris Stokel-Walker

15 August 2023

AI chatbots can respond to many different queries, though not always accurately

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Multilingual large language models (LLMs) seem to work better in English. These AIs are designed to respond to queries in multiple languages but they respond better if asked to translate the request into English first.

LLMs have become a key part of the artificial intelligence revolution since the release of ChatGPT by OpenAI in November 2022. But interacting with them is primarily done in English – an issue some developers have tried to overcome with the release of multilingual …

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