Apple says it is working to fix its speech-to-text tool after some social media users found that when they spoke the word “racist” into their iPhones it typed it out as “Trump.”
When activating its voice dictation feature and saying the word “racist” the text result would briefly display “Trump” before being replaced with “racist”.
“We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers dictation and we are rolling out a fix today,” a spokesperson for Apple said in a statement on Tuesday.
iPhone users have been posting videos on social media testing out the technical issue.
A former Apple employee who worked on its AI assistant Siri told the New York Times, “This smells like a serious prank.”
You can see it in action (below).
It seems a lot of people were having the same issue.
It comes as Donald Trump has shared a bizarre AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform showcasing what appears to be a vision of Gaza under his proposed plan.
The footage, which the 78-year-old shared without comment, shows the war-ravaged territory before a caption appears: “Gaza 2025… What’s Next?”
The area transformed into a Middle Eastern paradise with exotic beaches, Dubai-style skyscrapers, luxury yachts and people partying. Elon Musk appears in the footage several times – sitting on a beach eating humous with flatbreads as bearded belly dancers perform on the sand.
Howard Beckett wrote: “Trump has posted a sinister AI video of his future for ‘Riviera’ Gaza. It needs to be seen to be believed: Trump statues; Musk dancing; Trump & Netanyahu sun bathing & drinking cocktails. Monsters rejoicing in their genocide & ethnic cleansing. It is truly racist fascism.”
Matthew Stadlen wrote: “The Trump Gaza video is quite possibly the most disgusting, the most shameful, the most hideous public communication by a US President in living memory.”
Dr Shole Mos-Shogamimu wrote: “President of the United States posts video of him taking over Gaza with his statue for worship, dollars raining, Trump Gaza as centrepiece as he & Netanyahu chill at the beach. Ethnic cleansing rebranded as a real estate deal. Colonialist White Supremacist Zionism. Pure Evil.”
