Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some users typed ‘Jerusalem’

Apple has fixed a bug that suggested the Palestinian flag emoji when some users searched for the word “Jerusalem” in the emoji keyboard.

Samantha Murphy Kelly for CNN:
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On Tuesday, the company addressed the bug with the latest beta software release of iOS 17.5, just a few days after it said it was working on a fix.

Apple’s previous update was introduced on March 21, but the recent discovery of the bug upset some users on social media. In one April 9 post on X viewed more than 2.3 million times, an iPhone user questioned whether Apple was aware of the error – and whether it was intentional. Apple said at the time the issue was a mistake and not coded into the keyboard intentionally.

But the user, who said she was Jewish, provided a long list of other cities that don’t surface a flag when entered into the emoji search box. It’s possible, however, Apple’s machine-learning technology determined the suggested emoji based on analyzing texts from millions of its users…

In 2017, the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reversing decades of American foreign policy.

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MacDailyNews Take: Again, as Apple’s machine-learning technology also powers Siri, the Simple Jack of personal assistants, anything and everything is possible at any random time.

Hanlon’s razor: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
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