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New Siri AI rules Pauline Hanson is a racist

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Apple’s new Siri AI has declared One Nation leader Pauline Hanson a racist but stopped short of calling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese a liar.

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Apple's updated Siri assistant, leveraging new AI integrations, categorises Australian politician Pauline Hanson as a racist while providing more evasive responses regarding other political figures. This behaviour highlights ongoing challenges in AI alignment and the subjective nature of safety filters intended to prevent the dissemination of misinformation or offensive content. The incident underscores specific risks regarding political bias and the representational harms of frontier models within an Australian governance context.

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