Apple fixing bug after users report ‘Trump’ appears in text when they say the word ‘racist’
Apple has acknowledged a bug in its voice-to-text feature that briefly displays “Trump” when users say the word “racist”.
The glitch has been spotted by numerous iPhone users, with many sharing videos of the error on social media.
The issue has sparked outrage among supporters of the US President.
Some clips show the system momentarily displaying “Trump” before correcting to the actual word spoken.
The bug does not appear consistently when the word “racist” is spoken.
Users have found that when using the iPhone’s voice dictation feature, the glitch temporarily shows “Trump” before quickly correcting to the actual word.
The voice-to-text feature allows people to dictate messages using their voice rather than typing.
Several videos posted online demonstrate the inconsistency of the bug, showing it doesn’t occur every time the word is spoken.
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Apple explained the issue stems from its speech recognition models that power the voice dictation tool.
The company said these models may initially display words with phonetic overlap until further analysis determines the correct word.
According to Apple, the bug has caused “Trump” to be suggested erroneously in response to several words containing an “r” consonant.
The controversy has led some conservative commentators to accuse Apple of political bias.
The incident comes amid heightened political tensions in the US following Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Social media users have been accusing platforms of bias towards both Republicans and Democrats since the election.
Apple has said it is aware of the issue and is rolling out a fix.
This is not the first tech controversy involving political figures in recent months.
Last month, Meta faced accusations of boosting profiles of Trump and others in his administration following his inauguration.
Some users complained they had automatically followed the President and Vice President JD Vance’s new pages.
Meta explained this occurred because the accounts were linked to political offices rather than individuals, transferring followers during the presidential transition.