Transcription with tastes: Apple's dictation function integrated in iOS sometimes flashes the text “Trump” for a moment when you dictate the word “racist” – until the correctly transcribed “racist” appears. Mac & I was able to reproduce the phenomenon on Wednesday immediately and several times, the dictation language and the keyboard were placed in “English (USA)”. The unexpected behavior has apparently been existed for a few days, as users documented, among other things, on Tiktok.
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Apple speaks of phonetic overlap
Apple pushed the “bug” Opposite the New York Times On a phonetic overlap between the terms “racist” and “Trump” and explained that a fix was already in the works. A former employee in Apple's Siri team told the newspaper that the phenomenon had occurred after a server-side update. He thinks it is likely that there is code in Apple's system, which turns “Racist” in short “Trump -” smells of a serious prank “.
Some of them appeared in the dictation of “racist” in addition to “Trump”, other words reminiscent of names such as “Rouch”, until iOS finally brings the correct transcription as a “racist” in text form. Siri and dictation function now work locally on the device for some inquiries, but sometimes data is sent to Apple servers. How quickly Apple can fix the problem remains open for now.
Plans at Apple's KI/ML systems
There have been several breakdowns in the functions based on machine learning in iOS in the past few weeks. This included an unexpected intimate image when users in the system search have entered the word “What” – as well as appointment entries in the calendar for supposed table reservations. In contrast, the behavior of the dictation function described is politically sensitive. Apple boss Tim Cook has recently tried to make a good relationship with the Trump government, and the group has just announced further long-term investments in the home market USA.
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