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Rachel Treisman

'What the duck' no more: Apple will stop autocorrecting your favorite swear word

Apple says upgrades to autocorrect are coming with its new software this fall. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Any iPhone user with their autocorrect function turned on knows that a certain four-letter expletive will be replaced immediately by the rhyming name of a species of waterfowl — but not for much longer.

Apple's upcoming iOS 17 iPhone software will stop autocorrecting swear words, thanks to new machine learning technology, the company announced at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday.

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