Apple Siri's answer to the question "Where is Takeshima?" = Korea

The artificial intelligence (AI) Siri of US technology company "Apple" implies "Japan's land" in response to the question "Whose land is Takeshima (Korean name: Dokdo)?" The search results are out and there is a debate.

On August 18th, the private cyber diplomatic mission "VANK" posted on Facebook, "As of August 2022, when asked to Siri in Korean, 'Which country is Dokdo (Takeshima)?' At the top of the results is a post from namuwiki titled “13 Reasons Why Dokdo Is Not Korean Land” and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs free bulletin board “13 Reasons Why Dokdo Is Japanese Land", it said.

Next, "Siri is the answer to Dokdo, not the Official Introduction to Dokdo on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, but the '13 Reasons Why Dokdo Is Japanese Land' posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Freedom Bulletin Board on September 2nd, 2002. We are providing an outrageous sentence from 20 years ago as a source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

VANK criticized, "It is a big problem for Apple to display the materials posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs free bulletin board 20 years ago as search results instead of providing correct information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

At the same time, he insisted, "Apple strongly demands that a method for verifying and writing information that has common trust be introduced."

Depending on the version, iPhone Siri gives different answers to the Takeshima territory. In 2020, when a Japanese netizen asked iPhone Siri in Japanese and English about whose land "Takeshima" belonged to, it answered "Republic of Korea" and became a Hot Topic.

VANK also said that Takeshima notation is incorrect not only on Siri but also on Apple Maps.

It pointed out that "Dokdo" appears when the language is set to "Korean" in the map application (app), but "Takeshima" is written in "Japanese".

VANK said, "It was a clear mistake that Apple used different notations for Dokdo in South Korea's designated language," and added, "We will send a letter of protest requesting that this be corrected, and will also carry out a corrective campaign."

On August 10th, Siri responded to the question, "Tell me about South Korea," and controversially answered, "In modern history, the Korean peninsula or the Japanese imperial territory of the Korean peninsula."

At that time, VANK's protest also prompted Apple to correct the problem, and it became clear that the source of the explanation in question was the wording of the online encyclopedia "Wikipedia" 2 years ago.