Apple’s iPhone voice-to-text feature is sparking controversy after a viral TikTok video showed a user speaking the word “racist,” which at first showed up as “Trump” before switching back to “racist.”
Fox News Digital was able to replicate the issue multiple times. The voice-to-text dictation feature was observed briefly flashing “Trump” when a user said “racist” before it quickly changed back to “racist” – just like in the viral TikTok video.
However, “Trump” did not appear every time a user said “racist.”
The voice-to-text feature also wrote words like “reinhold” and “you” when a user said “racist.” Most of the time, the feature accurately wrote “racist.”
The tech giant has since audited its system and has manual overrides in place for all candidates and a number of election-related prompts. Previously, Alexa only had manual overrides for presidential candidates.
FOX Business’ Eric Revell, Hillary Vaugh, and Chase Williams contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
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