CUPERTINO, Kalifornia (PNN) - February 25, 2025 - Apple is promising it is addressing the issue after its iPhones were documented to be using the Dictation mode to post "Trump" on the screen when a user said the word "racist".
"Whoever at Apple is responsible for this should lose his or her job," one commenter said on social media.
News analyst and author Kyle Becker explained, "Apple says it is 'addressing the issue' as iPhone's voice-to-text feature periodically shows 'Trump' whenever a user says 'racist.'"
The company said, "We are aware of an issue with the speech recognition model that powers Dictation, and we are rolling out a fix as soon as possible."
Becker explained, "The text-to-speech imbroglio is part of a pattern of anti-Trump behavior that some users report in Big Tech products. A viral video from September showed Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant refusing to provide similar responses for President Donald J. Trump while providing reasons to vote for failed presidential candidate Communist Kamala Harris. Before Amazon could fix the issue, the company provided answers such as, 'she is a female of color with a comprehensive plan to address racial injustice and inequality throughout the country.' Alexa would not respond to the same question about Donald Trump, stating, 'I cannot provide content that promotes this specific political Party or candidate.' The company fixed the issue with a manual override to correct for the political bias."
Ed. Note: If there was imposed a substantial financial penalty to the company whose product is doing these kinds of things, every single time such an occurrence happened, then it would very quickly stop happening. We need Accountability! We need Consequences! Perpetrators must be punished! Revolution Now! Independence Forever!