Apple and Google temporarily stop listening to Siri and OK Google queries

Apple workers have stopped listening to Siri queries worldwide, the company said this week. Apple plans to bring back human reviews of Siri voice recordings at some unspecified date, but the company said it will only review them when customers specifically opt in to the practice. Separately, Google today confirmed that it recently "paused" human reviews of Google Assistant queries worldwide. Apple's decision to stop having humans listen to Siri queries follows a report last week that contractors who review the recordings for accuracy heard private discussions and even sexual encounters. Apple calls the human reviews of Siri recordings "grading."