Was Siri programmed to be a Russian homophobe ? A Russian - language loudspeaker living in London recorded some rude responses to question about being merry from Apple ’s digital helper .
“ Is cheery marriage normal ? ” Alex asks .
“ I believe this emotion should be considered negative , ” Siri answer .
BBC Russia test Siri andreceived alike reply to Alex , release a narration that backed up the YouTube accusations . Apple evidence the BBCthat the responses“were the results of a bug that has since been situate . ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUC2GD351EU
Siri ’s Russian - language answers about gay people started changing after the BBC liberate its article , suggesting that Apple tweaked the responses to be less homophobic in the past week . So weird how a “ bug ” that make interpreter assistants homophobic only affected Siri in the language of a nation excellently antipathetic to homoeroticism !
[ Buzzfeed|BBC ]
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