About ducking time: Apple to tweak iPhone autocorrect function that changes common expletive

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About ducking time: Apple to tweak iPhone autocorrect function that changes common expletive
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The 'ducking' substitution has long been a source of frustration, depending on how many times it forces iPhone users to rewrite their own texts.

Apple has announced it will upgrade its autocorrect feature so it no longer changes one of the most common expletives to the word"ducking".

Such instances typically prompt infuriated follow-up texts along the lines of"damn autocorrect!" as well as more autocorrected swear words - resulting in a vicious circle. Users of iPhones have always had the choice to disable the autocorrect function on their devices, however, thereby enabling those with a vulgar vocabulary to freely express themselves without restriction.Will this chatbot replace humans?

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