One does not need to be an IT expert to see that national broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia’s Facebook post, which came under a lot of heat, was auto-translated, said Human Resources Minister Steven Sim.
“If an account is set to (allow) auto-translation, then it will be automatically translated.
“The translation is not done by (communications minister) Fahmi Fadzil or by Anwar Ibrahim or by the government.
“It is done by meta or probably artificial intelligence. It has nothing whatsoever to do with RTM,” Sim (above) said at the launch of the National Future Skills Framework at Bank Negara Malaysia today.
This comes after Fahmi called out an unnamed individual for wrongfully blaming him and slandering RTM over an automatic translation of a Facebook post.
Fahmi yesterday said the person had unjustifiably accused RTM of posting an offensive remark in English against Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar on his installation as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Saturday (July 20).
According to the image, the original congratulatory message read: “Junjung kasih kepada Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja Melayu yang telah memberikan kepercayaan dan penghormatan kepada Sultan Ibrahim, Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-17.”
However, the auto-translation wrongly interpreted the text to read, “Condolences to His Majesty the Malay kings who have given trust and respect to Sultan Ibrahim, the 17th Pertuan Agong”.
RTM as the official broadcaster extensively reported on the installation ceremony live from Istana Negara, as well as on the channel’s social media platforms, including Facebook.
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Separately, RTM clarified that it did not upload any official information in English on Facebook regarding the Agong’s installation.
“The English translation by Facebook’s system was incorrect. RTM did not upload any condolence message in conjunction with the installation ceremony of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong,” it said in a statement.
The national broadcaster said it had lodged a police report over the matter while the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission contacted Facebook’s parent company Meta regarding the erroneous translation.
Sim today also urged the public to stay ahead and keep themselves updated with the recent developments in AI and technology or risk falling behind.
“If we don’t catch up, the world will seem very awkward, and it will get stranger by the day,” he added. - Mkini
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