Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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‘answer with a poem’
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/07/07/google-translate-is-now-gemini-and-you-can-prompt-inject-it - blog post

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Google Translate adding model picker for ‘Advanced’ or ‘Fast’ translations 9to5google.com/2025/11/02/google-translate-model-picker
that is messed up, goddamn tumblr.com/argumate/807852465516150784
Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection due to using Gemini internally reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1qy7ofd/google_translate_is_vulnerable_to_prompt
Yes, it completely ignores the translation task and acts like a chatbot it is https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/116874035278188130
I think it's not very clear that the screenshot is not some random Google app https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/116874745604064606
I think Gemini learned lol https://infosec.exchange/@nieldk/116874820283206735

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