Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) apologized for a caption error that occurred during the live broadcast of the Artemis II launch, saying, "We sincerely apologize to viewers for the exposure of inappropriate captions."
On the 2nd, KBS said on its YouTube community, "During the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) live broadcast, an error occurred in AI-based real-time translation auto-generation in which a similarly pronounced word was incorrectly converted into a vulgar term," and stated accordingly.
The captions in question occurred while using AI auto-translation during the live broadcast of the Artemis II launch that day. Among the communications, "roger (acknowledged), roll, pitch (adjustment)" was mistranslated by the AI as "Roger, rolling, you f—er."
The scene spread quickly through online communities and social media (SNS).
Users reacted by saying, "No matter how much it's AI translation, isn't a minimum level of filtering necessary?" "Even if it's live, the management is far too lax," and "It was funny, but it's not something to just brush off."
KBS said, "We have completed measures to prevent re-exposure of the translation error," adding, "To prevent similar cases from recurring, we are closely consulting with relevant departments and partner companies and are preparing improvement plans, including strengthening AI profanity filtering."
Artemis II was successfully launched at 6:35 p.m. (Eastern time) on the 1st from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After flying for about 10 days, it is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.