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The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”

Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Estonia’s AI embarrassment began with a single wrong phrase.

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Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Estonia’s AI embarrassment began with a single wrong phrase. In December, the Riigikogu, Estonia’s parliament, passed changes to the country’s Gambling Tax Act meant to lower the tax rate on remote gambling. But the wording of the law referred only to “skill games” for that year, not games of chance or remote gambling.

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