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TL;DR
- The new Google Translate Advanced mode can sometimes be prompted to chat instead of translating text.
- The behavior appears to stem from the AI following instructions embedded in the input rather than strictly translating.
- Switching back to Classic mode avoids these chatbot-like responses to prompt injections.
Google Translate is supposed to have one job: You paste text in, and it gives you a translation out. But now it has AI built in like everything else, which means its behavior might not always be as expected. In cases, people have discovered that the new Advanced translation mode in Google Translate can be nudged to break that pattern and chat with them.
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