The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue.
  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    13 hours ago

    An Apple spokeswoman blamed the issue on phonetic overlap between the two words, and said the company was working on a fix.

    🤔

  • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    423·
    12 hours ago

    This is the fun side of Apple. Since they’re a monoculture, they can’t just blame a partner or vendor like every other tech company. Watching them squirm is delightful. So arrogant and closed-source.

  • morrowind@lemmy.mlEnglish
    27·
    12 hours ago

    Instead, he said, there was probably software code somewhere on Apple’s systems that caused iPhones to write the word “Trump” when someone said “racist.”

    “This smells like a serious prank,” Mr. Burkey said. “The only question is: Did someone slip this into the data or slip into the code?”

    yeah, I wouldn’t read too much into it guys

  • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    12 hours ago

    Apple will comply and instead transcribe “winner” to “Trump” in order to curry favor with him. Just like they kowtow on the Gulf of Shame.

  • externelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    12 hours ago

    Not sure if this is relevant but would be interesting to see what words have high cosine similarity with “Trump” in different pre-trained LLMs

        • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          No. Do not share that site. It uses google scripts and can’t be loaded in Tor Browser.

          Just share an article from another news outlet that doesn’t paywall.

          Bug stories like this are covered by hundreds of outlets. Its not hard.