Crunchyroll faces backlash over low-quality AI subtitles
Sony’s anime-focused streaming service Crunchyroll has come below hearth after customers identified substandard AI-generated subtitles in a number of of its sequence.
For instance, viewers reportedly noticed the phrase “ChatGPT mentioned” within the German subtitles for Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Present. Each the English and German captions have been criticized for being sloppy and obscure.
Engadget reviews that Crunchyroll confirmed a third-party supplier violated its settlement through the use of AI, and the corporate is now investigating the incident. The corporate’s CEO, Rahul Purini, beforehand mentioned in an interview with The Verge that Crunchyroll has been testing AI subtitles to launch episodes extra shortly.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication M3 and was translated and localized from Swedish.