Siri's Answer to 'How Old is the President?' Has Got Conspiracy Theorists Triggered

[WhiskeyWulf]

https://www.newsweek.com/siris-answer-how-old-president-has-got-conspiracy-theorists-triggered-1545986

A batch of videos being shared on social media appear to show Apple's Siri assistant wrongly declaring Kamala Harris as the U.S. President, unleashing speculation a high-level conspiracy has been hatched to hand her control of the White House.

Footage posted on Twitter by an array of iPhone users purportedly shows the virtual aide making the error when asked the question: "How old is the president?"

In one video, shared by Malachi O'Brien, senior pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Harrisonville, Missouri, Siri appears to reply: "Kamala Harris was born 56 years ago, on Tuesday, October 20, 1964."

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Newsweek was unable to verify the content, which meanwhile prompted a slew of comments suggesting the alleged error was proof of a political "conspiracy."

"Apple knows something and it got leaked," Twitter user @ModernSculpting wrote.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Aliens from the planet Garbarthoviceton is who is doing it.

At least when I imply there is a conspiracy to arrest our leaders, it is based on something rather than nothing at all

[jeffreyi]

2. These conspiracy theories are popping up so fast

we can't possibly keep track. I imagine the in-country and out-of-country troublemakers are having a great time with this.

[BarackTheVote]

3. Just asked Siri how old the president was

She said “Donald Trump is” blah blah blah. Conspiracy theory debunked, moving on.