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KBS AI Translation Subtitles Reportedly Broadcast Profanity During Artemis II Launch Livestream
- Occurred
- Apr 2, 2026
- Published
- Apr 3, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
During a live broadcast of NASA's Artemis II launch, KBS reportedly used AI-generated real-time translation subtitles that reportedly mistranslated aviation terms including "roger," "roll," and "pitch" into Korean profanity. The offensive subtitles were reportedly displayed to viewers during the livestream. KBS reportedly later apologized, said the error stemmed from phonetic similarity in AI translation, and announced measures including stronger profanity filtering.
Developers
- Generative AI developers
Deployers
- Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
Harmed parties
- General public of South Korea
- Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) viewers
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI translation model error caused profanity broadcast, resulting in apology and policy changes.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8