Apple to Fix iPhone Dictation Glitch That Suggests Replacing the Word ‘Racist’ With ‘Trump’

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  Apple to fix dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word 'racist' with 'Trump'

  Apple says it’s fixing a bug with its dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including “racist.”
  
  ABC News - 6h
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  Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

  Tech company blames ‘phonetic overlap’ for problem where US president’s name appears. Apple has promised to fix a bug in its iPhone automatic dictation tool after some users reported it had ...
  
  The Guardian - 11h
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  Apple promises to fix dictation bug that replaces ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

  Glitch comes as iPhone maker seeks to shore up its relationship with the US president
  
  Financial Times - 20h
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  iPhone Dictation Feature Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’

  The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.
  
  The New York Times - 1d
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  Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump'

  Experts have questioned the company's explanation that it is due to the two words being similar.
  
  BBC News - 9h
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  Apple says a bug caused iPhone voice-to-text feature to write 'Trump' when a user says 'racist'

  Apple said it is working on repairing a glitch after some iPhone users noticed that speaking the word “racist” into the voice-to-text feature causes it to write “Trump” before quickly switching to ...
  
  NBC News - 21h
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