Apple's popular online assistant, Siri, caused a stir on Sunday after it was apparently manipulated into giving the wrong answer for who the president of Israel was.
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Users on Twitter, among them Israeli diplomat Elad Strohmayer, posted screenshots showing how Siri told them (after being asked to name Israel's president) that "Reuven Rivlin is the president of the Zionist occupation state."
"Hey #Siri, WTF? Can you correct this please @Apple and @tim_cook so I would continue to feel comfortable using your products," an aghast Strohmayer said on Twitter.
Hey #Siri, WTF?
Can you correct this please @Apple and @tim_cook so I would continue feel comfortable using your products?
Note: screenshot was taken by me, using my #iPhone. pic.twitter.com/vOmJGnnCrm— Elad Strohmayer (@EladStr) January 19, 2020
Apple apparently became aware of the online backlash and soon addressed the matter, with Strohmayer writing: "So it seems @Apple fixed it. Now they owe us an explanation how this happened in the first place."
The explanation apparently is very simple. According to multiple claims on Twitter, Siri based its answers regarding Reuven Rivlin on his Wikipedia page, which had a rogue description briefly inserted into it.
