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The Russian-language version of Apple’s digital assistant Siri has been accused of being homophobic by some users who received surprising answers when asking it questions with the word “gay” and “lesbian” in the sentence


When switched to Russian and asked questions on LGBT topics, Apple’s usually friendly virtual assistant responded in a manner users described as shocking and offensive.



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The case gained notoriety when a London-based Russian blogger named Alex Kokcharov uploaded a video entitled “In Soviet Russia Siri questions you.” Read more…


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