About Siri's poor answers to questions like what time it is in London.
Has this happened?
Yes 47 (46%)Not sure 23 (23%)No 32 (31%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About Siri's poor answers to questions like what time it is in London.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
The problem is not just that it is wrong, nor that it doesn't have enough personal information, but that it lacks proper personalisation and the ability to learn.
You can't reply with "no Siri, not that London" and have it remember. It doesn't learn your voice among the people who normally use your Siri in your household.
"Artificial intelligence" is always going to make mistakes, as do real humans. Humans can perform unsupervised learning - in fact it's one of the key skills that employers like to select on! Until AI can learn in context it's going to be very limited.