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by 4ggr0 218 days ago
very cool idea, but the AI-generated images really irk me. firstly because they're AI-generated images, secondly because they're just flat-out wrong for the example i clicked on.

Take this[0],

DATENSCUNTZ-EINSTELLUNES should be DATENSCHUTZ-EINSTELLUNGEN

ALLE AKZIETTREN should be ALLE AKZEPTIEREN

you get the point, basically almost all the text is wrong...i think AI-generated images are annoying and vapid enough, but if they don't even show actual text then what's the point? the english ones seem to be fine, can't judge the spanish ones. images feel like a lazy business-powerpoint.

anyways, cool site in general :)

[0]https://europedigital.cloud/_next/image?url=%2Fapi%2Fnews-im...

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True and good catch on the German text. Fair point, AI image generation struggles with non-English text rendering. This is a known issue I've been wrestling with.

Options I'm considering: 1. Text-free abstract patterns for non-English articles 2. Language-specific image validation before publishing 3. Manual review queue for non-English images

The pattern-based approach was meant to avoid generic "holographic businessman" images, but clearly the execution needs work for multilingual content.

Thanks for the detailed feedback: this is input I need. Herzlichen dank!

> Herzlichen dank!

Gern geschehen! Mach ich doch gerne :)

maybe also add a toggle, in addition to the option you choose? option 1 would probably be the best use of your time, just don't use text for non-english generated images.

i deleted the pics in the top-row with the dev-console and i personally would prefer it that way[0] (also because i'd visit the page on an eInk screen sometimes, where no pics would be beneficial anyways, especially if they're just placeholders).

[0]https://imgur.com/a/IM0fm2I