Google Apologizes After Its Translator Produced Homophobic Slurs For The Word 'Gay' (GOOG)

Google has officially apologized for a flaw in its Translate tool, which translated the word 'gay' into a litany of offensive terms ' whether you were translating English into Russian, French, Spanish, or Portuguese ' like 'fag,' 'faggot,' 'queen,' 'fairy,' 'sodomite,' and 'pansy boy.'Andre Banks, executive director of All Out, an LGBT campaign group, first spotted the translation flaw and pointed it out on Twitter on Jan. 24..@google, you're translating 'gay' and 'homosexual' to mean slurs! Will you remove this anti-gay language' http://t.co/ygcTw0s0Bc' All Out (@allout) January 24, 2015Two days later, Google fixed its Translator, and released the following statement to All Out:As soon as we were informed that some of our translations for certain terms were serving inappropriate results, we immediately began working to fix the issue. We apologize for any offense this has caused people. Our systems produce translations automatically based on existing translation on the web, so we appreciate when users point out issues such as this.All Out is currently celebrating the 'victory' on its home page, and on Twitter.Victory! @Google fixed its translation of "gay". If you see more #GoogleTranslate issues email info@allout.org pic.twitter.com/bwyPA4FUVK' All Out (@allout) January 26, 2015NOW WATCH:Why Everyone Is So Excited About Ultra-HD TVOO.ready(function() { OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer', 'B4ODZ0cjqfNvolsGDLNmpJIsxYW-Alx2'); });Please enable Javascript to watch this videoSEE ALSO:The Biggest Concern With The Apple Watch Has Nothing To Do With The Actual WatchJoin the conversation about this story
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