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Google Can't Tell The Difference Between 'iPhone' And 'Sex'
Published 11/19/2008 by eric@zemanmedia.com (Eric Zeman) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
This is a stitch. British users of Google's new voice-powered search application are finding that the software isn't quite ready for prime-time. The issue? It can't understand the British accent. The outcome? Searches for "iPhone" are returning results for "sex" instead. Um, oops.
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