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Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is
spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” >> the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by >> the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement >> sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers >>> Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement >>> sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
production software. If the person who did this can be identified,
they should be fired and possibly even prosecuted. Imagine the outcry
if it had flashed the word "Obama"?
On 2025-02-27 02:27:34 +0000, Rick said:
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that >>>> briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works. >>>>
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word
“racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being
replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers >>>> Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a
statement
sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
production software. If the person who did this can be identified,
they should be fired and possibly even prosecuted. Imagine the outcry
if it had flashed the word "Obama"?
It's unlikely to be an actual bug nor a deliberate act. There are many
many places were the words "Trump" and "racist" appear, so useless AI
bots simply connect the two and offer it as a suggestion. Now a specific
rule will have to be added to the dictation feature to avoid that
connection. Welcome to the world of idiotic AI and its garbage answers.
There will be a ton of similar issues that simply haven't been stumbled across.
On 2/26/2025 9:54 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-02-27 02:27:34 +0000, Rick said:
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that >>>>> briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>>>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners >>>>> posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works. >>>>>
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,”
the word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being >>>>> replaced by the correct word, according to various videos posted online. >>>>>
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers >>>>> Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a
statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
production software. If the person who did this can be identified,
they should be fired and possibly even prosecuted. Imagine the outcry
if it had flashed the word "Obama"?
It's unlikely to be an actual bug nor a deliberate act. There are many
many places were the words "Trump" and "racist" appear, so useless AI
bots simply connect the two and offer it as a suggestion. Now a
specific rule will have to be added to the dictation feature to avoid
that connection. Welcome to the world of idiotic AI and its garbage
answers. There will be a ton of similar issues that simply haven't been
stumbled across.
But this is supposed to be dictation software, not word-association
software. It shouldn't really matter that the words are often used
together - dictation software normally means translating a specific
spoken word into its spelling, not offering "suggestions" for a
different word in place of what was suggested.
Also the fact that the word Trump only flashes briefly before the
correct word appears definitely sounds like an intended result.
Otherwise, a simple fix might be to just have it not flash anything
until the final word is identified and displayed.
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
On 2025-02-27 03:50:57 +0000, Rick said:
On 2/26/2025 9:54 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-02-27 02:27:34 +0000, Rick said:
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones >>>>>> that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>>>>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners >>>>>> posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch
works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word
“racist,” the word “Trump” appears in the text window before >>>>>> quickly being replaced by the correct word, according to various
videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that >>>>>> powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a
statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
production software. If the person who did this can be identified,
they should be fired and possibly even prosecuted. Imagine the
outcry if it had flashed the word "Obama"?
It's unlikely to be an actual bug nor a deliberate act. There are
many many places were the words "Trump" and "racist" appear, so
useless AI bots simply connect the two and offer it as a suggestion.
Now a specific rule will have to be added to the dictation feature to
avoid that connection. Welcome to the world of idiotic AI and its
garbage answers. There will be a ton of similar issues that simply
haven't been stumbled across.
But this is supposed to be dictation software, not word-association
software. It shouldn't really matter that the words are often used
together - dictation software normally means translating a specific
spoken word into its spelling, not offering "suggestions" for a
different word in place of what was suggested.
Also the fact that the word Trump only flashes briefly before the
correct word appears definitely sounds like an intended result.
Otherwise, a simple fix might be to just have it not flash anything
until the final word is identified and displayed.
Dictation software often flashes up words and then changes them as it
gets more context to complete phrases and sentences. More and more newer dictation software is also using silly AI to (supposedly) work out what
the word should be, so the associations it "learns" from various sources
will be there as part of the process.
On 27.02.25 02:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is
spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by >> the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement >> sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Now you know what real AI is. The output is undeniably 100% correct.
Rick <rick@nospam.com> wrote:
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that >>>> briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works. >>>>
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” >>>> the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers >>>> Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement >>>> sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
production software. If the person who did this can be identified, they
should be fired and possibly even prosecuted.
Ha ha. Why not just lynch them? Get a grip.
Imagine the outcry if it
had flashed the word "Obama"?
Obama wasn't an undeniable racist.
On 2/27/2025 1:27 AM, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
On 27.02.25 02:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that
briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners
posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works.
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,” the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers >>> Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement >>> sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Now you know what real AI is. The output is undeniably 100% correct.
Garbage in, garbage out...
Rick <rick@nospam.com> wrote:
On 2/27/2025 3:04 AM, Chris wrote:
Rick <rick@nospam.com> wrote:
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that >>>>>> briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is >>>>>> spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners >>>>>> posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works. >>>>>>
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,”
the
word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being replaced by
the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a statement
sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
production software. If the person who did this can be identified, they >>>> should be fired and possibly even prosecuted.
Ha ha. Why not just lynch them? Get a grip.
Imagine the outcry if it
had flashed the word "Obama"?
Obama wasn't an undeniable racist.
Whether anyone is a racist is ultimately a personal opinion.
Not true. Under many circumstances it constitutes a hate crime which is a legal definition in many jurisdictions including the Federal US.
On 2/27/2025 1:12 AM, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-02-27 03:50:57 +0000, Rick said:
On 2/26/2025 9:54 PM, Your Name wrote:
On 2025-02-27 02:27:34 +0000, Rick said:
On 2/26/2025 9:12 PM, Alan wrote:
On 2025-02-26 17:32, badgolferman wrote:
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that >>>>>>> briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is
spoken, including “racist.”
The company is responding to the controversy after some iPhone owners >>>>>>> posted videos on social media this week to detail how the glitch works. >>>>>>>
When users activated the dictation feature and said the word “racist,”
the word “Trump” appears in the text window before quickly being >>>>>>> replaced by the correct word, according to various videos posted online.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers
Dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” Apple said in a >>>>>>> statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-iphone-racist-trump-glitch-d80f88d69f6ceac585904f2faa2a9212
Sounds like someone decided to have a little fun.
Good.
:-)
I'd hardly call it fun when someone puts a feature like this into
production software. If the person who did this can be identified, >>>>> they should be fired and possibly even prosecuted. Imagine the outcry >>>>> if it had flashed the word "Obama"?
It's unlikely to be an actual bug nor a deliberate act. There are many >>>> many places were the words "Trump" and "racist" appear, so useless AI
bots simply connect the two and offer it as a suggestion. Now a
specific rule will have to be added to the dictation feature to avoid
that connection. Welcome to the world of idiotic AI and its garbage
answers. There will be a ton of similar issues that simply haven't been >>>> stumbled across.
But this is supposed to be dictation software, not word-association
software. It shouldn't really matter that the words are often used
together - dictation software normally means translating a specific
spoken word into its spelling, not offering "suggestions" for a
different word in place of what was suggested.
Also the fact that the word Trump only flashes briefly before the
correct word appears definitely sounds like an intended result.
Otherwise, a simple fix might be to just have it not flash anything
until the final word is identified and displayed.
Dictation software often flashes up words and then changes them as it
gets more context to complete phrases and sentences. More and more
newer dictation software is also using silly AI to (supposedly) work
out what the word should be, so the associations it "learns" from
various sources will be there as part of the process.
If that's the case, it should be a simple fix to just not have it flash
the word as the AI is considering different alternatives. Not sure
what real value there is to have the software flashing through
alternatives other than to make you think it's cogitating.