Bug ‘Trump in the Apple Transcription tool with’ racist ‘

For some reasons, the iPhone transcription tool quickly records the word “Trump” when the user says “racist” (“racist” in Portuguese). The error in the Apple dictation service has recently been viralized in social networks, including Tiktok and Instagram. This is a mistake according to the company.

In a video, an unidentified American user shows the problem. Saying “racist”, IPhone transcription quickly prints the word “trump”It is replaced with the correct term shortly after. The fault seems to occur in less than a second.

Although it quickly corrects transcription, BUG proposes a link between former US President Donald Trump and the term “racist”.

That New York Times And FOX NewsA Apple confirmed the problem and said it was a mistake. “We are aware of the problem of the speech recognition model that feeds the words and distribute a correction as soon as possible.” He said.

According to Apple, The error is the result of “phonetic overlap” between the words “Trump” and “racist”.. The company also states that the terms that start with the sound of “R” are more sensitive to such failure.

Apple did not make an excuse

However, the statement did not convince everyone. In an interview BBCProfessor of speech technology in Peter Bell, Edinburgh University, Scotland, He believes that failure may be a change in software.. Therefore, since the transcription model is trained with thousands of hours of speech in English, it is unlikely to be a real mistake, as it provides high level of sensitivity.

That TeamsAn old employee of the Siri Development Team Increased suspicion that failure may be a “serious joke” someone in the company.

On Monday, Apple announced an $ 500 billion investment in the United States in the next four years. The initiative aims to minimize the impact of possible tariffs implemented by Trump on the international market.