Chatbots like ChatGPT perform very well in English, but when put to the test in a range of languages the performance was sometimes poor. Lack of training data and other resources can reduce

performance in these chatbots with implications for how accessible they are worldwide. ChatGPT has a language problem — but science can fix it _SUBSCRIBE TO NATURE BRIEFING, AN UNMISSABLE

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