iPhone writes "Trump" if you say the word "racist" in dictation

[C3D]

Nope, that's not a joke. Say Trump to Siri and the word it comes up with is "racist". Some heads at Apple need to roll.

Apple fixing iPhone dictation glitch that hears ‘Trump’ when user says ‘racist’

Apple is fixing a bug that caused its voice-to-text dictation software to mistakenly transcribe the word “racist” as “Trump,” the company said on Wednesday.

nypost.com

 

[kev74]

Sounds like 45/47 is going to win another law suit.

 

[Jsmegs77]

It’s a little more involved than just “Trump=Racist”. It only seems to activate on the first attempt, subsequent instances are correct. It also doesn’t activate if screen recording is on.

Definitely intentional, not a glitch.

 

[Celt]

Absolutely intentional things like that don't happen by accident. Apple needs to be held accountable for it so that Apple then holds its employees accountable.

 

[dwa12479]

I know several people who have confirmed that if they use voice to text on their Apple device and say "racist", that it will briefly flash Trump before showing racist.

 

[pshift]

It's an 'undocumented feature' ...

 

[Saltwater60]

I’m sure some disgruntled moron did this on purpose at Apple.

 

[Bustedknees]

I'm droid, but I had my wife try it. Here's the result from her Iphone.

 

[Koz]

....but, but, but it was in an algorithm. Pricks.