October 2019 • Macworld 7NEWS“We realize we haven’t been fully living up to our high ideals,
and for that we apologize.” Jason Cross reportsI
n July, a report in The Guardian exposed the fact
that third‑party contractors have been listening
in on a small percentage of Siri requests as part
of a ‘Siri grading’ programme. Apple promised to
halt the programme while it conducts a “thorough
review”, which left us wondering how the company
would move forward, as human grading of any
machine‑learning process is an essential part of
training the algorithms to improve them.Apple apologizes for
Siri grading programme
October 2019 • Macworld 7NEWS“Werealizewehaven’tbeenfullylivinguptoourhighideals,
andforthatweapologize.”JasonCrossreports
I
n July,a reportinTheGuardianexposedthefact
thatthird‑partycontractorshavebeenlistening
inona smallpercentageofSirirequestsaspart
ofa ‘Sirigrading’programme.Applepromisedto
halttheprogrammewhileit conductsa “thorough
review”,whichleftuswonderinghowthecompany
wouldmoveforward,ashumangradingofany
machine‑learning process is an essential part of
training the algorithms to improve them.