Watch as the U.K.'s defense secretary gets 'heckled' by Siri during a speech

Apple's digital assistant left a leading member of the U.K. government red-faced on Tuesday, July 3, after it unexpectedly piped up during a speech he was giving to lawmakers in the British Parliament. Perhaps a little too keen to offer help, Siri interrupted a statement that defense secretary Gavin Williamson was giving to the House of Commons about the situation in Syria. Evidently keeping his phone in always-listening mode, Apple's digital assistant should really only have responded upon hearing "Hey, Siri." But, with his iPhone in his pocket, it seems the word "Syria" prompted the assistant to spring into action. As Williamson addressed lawmakers, Siri got back to the defense secretary with its findings, with the response picked up by the Commons' microphones: "I found something on the web for Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces supported by coalition … " Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson'heckled' by Siri at the despatch box https://t.co/CQlxXm5KAa