Apple says a bug caused its iPhone voice-to-text feature to spit out 'Trump' when a user says 'racist'

Apple says a bug caused its iPhone voice-to-text feature to spit out '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 “racist.”

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