Apple apologises for allowing third-party workers to listen to voice recording of Siri users

Apple has apologised following revelations that it paid third‑party workers to listen to voice recordings of Siri users.

The practice known as “grading” has been used by several tech firms as a way of improving the quality of speech recognition.

However, Apple, Google and Microsoft all halted such work recently, following public outcry.

Apple said it plans to resume grading ‑ but only for Siri users who opt in.

The firm added that in the future only it’s own employees will be able to access recordings, not third‑party workers at contracted firms.

Source: BBC

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