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Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead

AI Incident DB Blogยท19 days ago

Washington state's Department of Licensing deployed an AI system that supposedly offers Spanish-language service, but instead delivers English with a Spanish accent when callers press 2 for Spanish. This represents a failure of AI deployment that potentially discriminates against Spanish speakers seeking government services, creating barriers to access while giving the appearance of language accommodation.

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