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The lead: > In the four-month period between February 23 and July 1, 2022 In the body: > Between February 2023 and July 1, 2022 Somebody needs to use less c

The lead: > In the four-month period between February 23 and July 1, 2022 In the body: > Between February 2023 and July 1, 2022 Somebody needs to use less chatgpt. At least read it before publishing, geez.

nonrandomstring 3y ago
> Between February 2023 and July 1, 2022 These are Dutch Timecops. The suspects were seen fleeing into the past.
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
Please refrain from baseless accusations of using AI, they (along with dutchnews.nl) are only a small company doing important work, not like large scale mainstream media outlets.
- krapp 3y ago
  AI is in the midst of a gold rush period. Practically every media company everywhere is trying to find a way to profit from AI, not just large scale mainstream media outlets. At this point 10% of all content on the internet is AI generated, and that number is only bound to increase exponentially until the current AI hype cycle crashes. I don't know if dutchnews.nl is or isn't using AI, but neither their size nor the "importance" of their work has any bearing on whether or not they might. If they aren't now, chances are they will sooner or later.
  - berkes 3y ago
    > At this point 10% of all content on the internet is AI generated [citation needed]
- wkat4242 3y ago
  It's very low-effort autotranslated, and clickbaity with all the capitals though. Being a small outfit doesn't excuse them in my opinion. Dutchnews.nl is very different because they have their own community. They make their own content, have guides for expats on how things are working there etc. They get a thumbs up from me for that, and I would recommend them to expats.
boomboomsubban 3y ago
That seems like the kind of error humans have made basically forever. Editing is hard.
striking 3y ago
Seems like this is a translation of another article (https://nos.nl/artikel/2508037-inlichtingendiensten-onderzochten-onrechtmatig-hele-bevolkingsgroepen https://nos.nl/artikel/2508037-inlichtingendiensten-onderzoc...). The source does not have the error.
- techcode 3y ago
  That's actually very likely. Besides famous example where actual people get confused - like "half drie" is "half past two" or "two thirty" (so if Dutch person is telling me time or number in English, I double check by repeating it to them in Dutch). In my experience Google Translate often does silly things like mix up AM/PM, day and month, and often enough it even flips the meaning (say "not required" somehow becomes "required") when translating Dutch to English. So every now and then (when it's really important stuff) I also double check the original Dutch version. And yeah I should do it more often, or even just turn off automatic NL to EN translations...
wkat4242 3y ago
NLTimes is (in my opinion) a trash site that's just publishing autogenerated translations. Very clickbaity with all the CAPITALS :P I don't know anyone that actually uses them as a news source. I think it was linked to because all the real media are in Dutch. https://dutchnews.nl https://dutchnews.nl is a way better site for English speakers.

nonrandomstring 3y ago

> Between February 2023 and July 1, 2022 These are Dutch Timecops. The suspects were seen fleeing into the past.

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

Please refrain from baseless accusations of using AI, they (along with dutchnews.nl) are only a small company doing important work, not like large scale mainstream media outlets.

krapp 3y ago
AI is in the midst of a gold rush period. Practically every media company everywhere is trying to find a way to profit from AI, not just large scale mainstream media outlets. At this point 10% of all content on the internet is AI generated, and that number is only bound to increase exponentially until the current AI hype cycle crashes. I don't know if dutchnews.nl is or isn't using AI, but neither their size nor the "importance" of their work has any bearing on whether or not they might. If they aren't now, chances are they will sooner or later.
- berkes 3y ago
  > At this point 10% of all content on the internet is AI generated [citation needed]
wkat4242 3y ago
It's very low-effort autotranslated, and clickbaity with all the capitals though. Being a small outfit doesn't excuse them in my opinion. Dutchnews.nl is very different because they have their own community. They make their own content, have guides for expats on how things are working there etc. They get a thumbs up from me for that, and I would recommend them to expats.

boomboomsubban 3y ago

That seems like the kind of error humans have made basically forever. Editing is hard.

striking 3y ago

Seems like this is a translation of another article (https://nos.nl/artikel/2508037-inlichtingendiensten-onderzochten-onrechtmatig-hele-bevolkingsgroepen https://nos.nl/artikel/2508037-inlichtingendiensten-onderzoc...). The source does not have the error.

techcode 3y ago
That's actually very likely. Besides famous example where actual people get confused - like "half drie" is "half past two" or "two thirty" (so if Dutch person is telling me time or number in English, I double check by repeating it to them in Dutch). In my experience Google Translate often does silly things like mix up AM/PM, day and month, and often enough it even flips the meaning (say "not required" somehow becomes "required") when translating Dutch to English. So every now and then (when it's really important stuff) I also double check the original Dutch version. And yeah I should do it more often, or even just turn off automatic NL to EN translations...

wkat4242 3y ago

NLTimes is (in my opinion) a trash site that's just publishing autogenerated translations. Very clickbaity with all the CAPITALS :P I don't know anyone that actually uses them as a news source. I think it was linked to because all the real media are in Dutch. https://dutchnews.nl https://dutchnews.nl is a way better site for English speakers.