Subscribe:AppleSpotifyAmazonRSSAug 5, 2026Because the advanced chatbots are trained on global data, it may choose to spew a word relating to a conversation in a different language. This could mean the large language model decided to cue up the next relevant token erroneously, says Janelle Shane, who writes the AI Weirdness blog.
DownloadSupatman/Getty ImagesSubscribe:AppleSpotifyAmazonRSSLet’s say you're chatting away with AI — perfect grammar, great vocabulary. Then, boom: a random word in another language! That's the topic for today's “Uncanny AI.” Those moments where it becomes really clear that AI doesn't think like us. Janelle Shane, who writes the AI Weirdness blog, helps explain why AI chatbots do this.More on this“ChatGPT users flummoxed after AI bot starts inserting Arabic into responses” from The New York Post“ChatGPT is mixing languages or Answers are Wrong!” from OpenAI Developer CommunityThe TeamMeghan McCarty Carino HostJesús Alvarado ProducerDaisy Palacios Supervising Senior ProducerNancy Farghalli Executive Producer
