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ChatGPT Faceplants While Translating Crunchyroll Anime, and some Viewers Are Demanding Human Localization
- On Tuesday, Crunchyroll premiered the first episode of a new anime series whose German subtitles contained numerous typos, mistakes, and direct mentions of ChatGPT, indicating the use of AI-generated text that was not properly reviewed.
- This followed fresh accusations earlier in the week about AI use after fans and a Bluesky user noticed poor-quality subtitles and suspected automated translation.
- Crunchyroll confirmed a third-party vendor used AI-generated subtitles in violation of their agreement and stated they are investigating and working to fix the issue.
- President Rahul Purini previously said in April that Crunchyroll is not using AI in creative processes affecting voice actors but is focused on using AI to speed subtitle production.
- The episode's subtitle problems sparked fan disappointment and concern about authenticity, suggesting challenges for Crunchyroll's AI adoption amid quality expectations and piracy concerns.
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Crunchyroll ran embarrassingly bad ChatGPT subtitles on its new anime series
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Crunchyroll Accidentally Left AI Slop in Anime Subtitles
Crunchyroll, the massively popular anime streaming service and distributor, just got caught using obvious AI slop in its subtitles. The slipup was made in the premiere episode of a new series called "Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show" — and trust us, there's no guesswork involved in sniffing out the AI here. Around the 19:12 mark, the show's German subtitles feature a big fat "ChatGPT said:" jammed into the dialog. A classic, lazy error. (W…
The anger among the users of Crunchyroll. The streaming platform specialized in animated has, in fact, revealed well despite it that it was using ChatGPT to translate its content.
The streaming platform dedicated to anime gives way to the temptation of artificial intelligence and arouses the anger of subscribers.
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