Apple says it’s fixing a speech-to-text bug that briefly replaces ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’
Apple said it is working on fixing a bug in its dictation feature after a viral TikTok post showed an iPhone suggest the word “Trump” when its user said the word “racist.”
Apple glitch fixed after reports the word ‘racist’ was replaced by ‘Trump’
Speech recognition technology used by the company does suggest terms with phonetic similarities on occasion, Apple said.
Apple Says It's Fixing Transcription Glitch That Transcribes 'Racist' as 'Trump'
Apple says a speech-recognition model bug is causing the problem and that it will update iOS to address the issue.
Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump'
Videos shared online show people speaking the word "racist" into the Dictation tool. Sometimes it is transcribed correctly - but on other occasions it is turned into "Trump", before being quickly restored to the correct word. The BBC has not been able to replicate the mistake, suggesting Apple's fix is already taking effect.
Apple fixes bug causing diction feature to replace word 'racist' with 'Trump': Reports
In a statement obtained by NBC News on Tuesday, an Apple spokesperson said, “We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today."Start the day smarter.
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