'Siddaramaiah passed away': Meta's translation error gets Chief Minister's goat

In a major gaffe, Meta's automatic translation tool erroneously declared Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Facebook.

The post, originally written in Kannada to mourn the death of veteran actor B Saroja Devi, was mistranslated into English, prompting sharp criticism from Siddaramaiah and an official missive to Meta.

"Chief Minister Siddaramaiah passed away yesterday multilingual star, senior actress B. Took darshan of Sarojadevi's earthly body and paid his last respects," the post's faulty translation read.

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