Apple addressed a technical glitch in its voice-to-text dictation system that was briefly substituting the word “Trump” for “racist.” iPhone users reported the error, where the system would initially type “Trump” when they spoke “racist,” before correcting itself. Apple acknowledged the bug, attributing it to an issue with its speech recognition model affecting words with “r” consonants, and released a fix. The company explained that occasional phonetic overlaps can cause such errors, but did not elaborate on why “Trump” was specifically suggested. This issue occurred after Apple announced a significant U.S. investment, which was followed by social media posts about tariff policies and diversity initiatives.
