Apple fixes bug causing diction feature to replace word 'racist' with 'Trump': Reports
Some iPhone users noticed the bug on Tuesday when they spoke the word "racist," which prompted the system to type "Trump," before quickly correcting itself to "racist," NBC News and Fox 56 reported.
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."
On Wednesday, Apple confirmed to Fox 56 that the bug had been fixed. The company did not tell the TV station why its system may have interpreted President Donald Trump's name when users were saying "racist."
The tech corporation told NBC News that the speech recognition models powering the diction feature may initially display words with some phonetic overlap until further examination helps it land on the actual word the user intended to say. Other words that include an "r" consonant have also suggested "Trump" due to the bug, Apple added, per the outlet.
USA TODAY contacted Apple and the White House about the glitch on Wednesday but did not receive an immediate response.
While Trump and the White House have been mum about the reported glitch, far-right commentators, including Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, have not. In an X post on Tuesday, Jones said he "caught apple carrying out a vicious, subliminal attack on president Trump."
"When you voice note the word racist on APPLE text the word Trump pops up and then disappears," Jones' post says. "Try it yourself folks, this attack is NEXT LEVEL EVIL. We are surrounded by deep state deception, only the truth will bring us victory."
The glitch also went viral due to a TikTok posted on Feb. 18 by user Jess White. In the comment section of the TikTok video, another user said, "Mine did it every time, Apple is so messy."
This bug comes after Apple announced a $500 billion investment in its U.S. facilities, projects and infrastructure on Monday. Trump claimed this a sign of success for his tariff policies that he said earlier this month would involve a 10% tariff on all imports from China, where Apple makes several of its products.
In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump said the investment exhibits "FAITH IN WHAT WE ARE DOING, WITHOUT WHICH, THEY WOULD'NT (sic) BE INVESTING TEN CENTS. THANK YOU TIM COOK AND APPLE!!!.'
Contributing: Reuters
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