Swearing

The iOS version of Siri ships with a vulgar content filter; however, it is disabled
by default and must be enabled by the user manually.[71] Therefore, if Siri can be
triggered into cursing, broadcasting discriminatory content, and so on, the actions
will most likely be carried out. Over its history, multiple methods and techniques
have been used to trigger Siri into swearing. The language-filter is not perfect
and can still be bypassed.

In 2018, Ars Technica reported a new glitch that could be exploited by a user
requesting the definition of "mother" be read out loud. Siri would issue a response
and ask the user if they would like to hear the next definition; when the user
replies with "yes," Siri would mention "mother" as being short for
"motherfucker."[72] This resulted in multiple YouTube videos featuring the
responses and/or how to trigger them. Apple fixed the issue silently, although it
is unconfirmed if the videos specifically brought it to their attention. The
content is picked up from third-party sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary
and not a supplied message from the corporation.[73][74] It is unknown whether this
glitch was exploited with the vulgar content filter enabled.
See also

Apple Inc. portal

Alisa (virtual assistant)

Amazon Alexa
BlackBerry Assistant
Microsoft Cortana
Clova (virtual assistant)
Cyc
Bixby (virtual assistant)
Evi
Google Assistant
Knowledge Graph
Knowledge Navigator
Memex
Microsoft Voice Command
One Voice Technologies
Prolog
Samsung S Voice
Virtual assistant
Samsung Viv
Windows Speech Recognition
Wolfram Alpha
Watson

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