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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by tonytins@pawb.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

If you were watching the State of the Union address, and you’re an iPhone user, then toward the end of the speech, during President Trump’s recounting of the story of Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover, you might have had Siri triggered—assuming you have voice activation turned on.

This feature once required the user to say “Hey Siri” but now only requires “Siri.”

At least one other Bluesky user confirmed that she experienced the same thing. A user on X said the erroneous Siri trigger word was “serious” not “searing,” but the timing of the post suggests it was the same moment.

Another Bluesky user (whose posts are off-limits to those who are not logged into Bluesky), posted a Google results page Siri pulled up following the Siri-triggering line, featuring a bunch a results about bullets going through legs.

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[-] needanke@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago

I suspect most speakers are not designed to play inaudible frequencies.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They are, though. A popular example of this is the "mosquito tone" that young people can hear but older people can. And on the reverse, sub audible frequencies are often used for things like horror movies to add a sense of tension.

Most things that operate within a certain range are capable of operating outside of that range. You don't typically want the top and bottom of your used range to be the true max/min of the system. Internal combustion engines are a good example.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

They are. Your ears are not designed to hear them. There is nothing special about high frequency noises. You just can't hear them.

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