WATCH: iPhone dictation calls Trump a 'racist'

 February 25, 2025

This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

Apple is promising is it "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."

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"Whoever at Apple is responsible for this should lose their 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 current President Donald Trump while providing reasons to vote for failed presidential candidate 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."

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