Why VLMs sometimes output 罪 instead of 'vain': an OCR investigation
VikParuchuri · x · 2026-10-16
Datalab's Vik Paruchuri kicks off an investigation into why VLMs occasionally output characters from the wrong script during OCR—like rendering "vain" as the Chinese character 罪—and how his team fixed the issue.
Related event: Datalab founder explains why VLMs confuse scripts during OCR(5 posts)→
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