Re: iPhone dictation bug

On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:

Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is
spoken, including “racist.”
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The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
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When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
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“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement
sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212

 Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
 Good.
 :-)

I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into production software.  If the person who did this can be identified, they should be fired and possibly even prosecuted.  Imagine the outcry if it had flashed the word "Obama"?