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Oh, my. What will Tim Cook think of this?

Oh, my. What will Tim Cook think of this?

Apple has fixed Siri. So, he already knows about this, I think.

RUSSIAN SIRI reprogramed to be homophobic, claims a Russian in London with a YouTube video of Siri responding in Russian to question on Gay issues. Oh, my. What will Tim Cook think of this?

From the conclusion of the article:

"Pavel Lokshin, a journalist, found that Siri replied, “Pavel, how rude you are!” when he asked about “Gay clubs around me”.

Apple appeared to have fixed the problem on Monday evening, because the Russian-language version of Siri now gives lists from the internet when asked about nearby gay clubs. Previously, it responded by saying, “I would blush, if I could”.

Alex said: “I’m glad they fixed it but they kept it quiet. I think Apple should apologise.”
Amazing that they report this ONLY after no one can confirm that Siri says anything like this. . . it's fixed.

This smells to high-heaven like a FUD report. I have seen numerous spoofs of Siri supposedly saying things in YouTube skits that are not real responses from Siri but faked jokes. This has all the hallmarks of just such a spoof. Fixing Siri by changing Siri responses is not a quick change fix. . . and I think that someone has SPOOFED the answers is a more likely explanation than that Apple would have programed Siri to be a anti-homosexual, don't you, especially given the last few weeks notoriety of Apple's CEO. .

Apple Russian Siri Homophobic? Or FUD? Ping!

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