Article 6C2K6 Ducking hell! Apple to tweak autocorrect that replaces one of the most common expletives

Ducking hell! Apple to tweak autocorrect that replaces one of the most common expletives

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Cries of stupid autocorrect!' will be banished as a result of an AI-powered upgrade that will let users swear if they want to

Apple has announced it will upgrade its autocorrect feature that annoyingly corrects one of the most common expletives to ducking".

In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too," said Craig Federighi, Apple's software chief at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino on Monday.

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