Apple Intelligence allegedly misled BBC News readers and BBC News is not happy about it.
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in a story reported by BBC News The outlet itself accused Apple’s AI feature set (which includes the ability to summarize news headlines in push notifications) of writing and sending a blatantly fake push notification to users. In this case, the push notification said that Luigi Mangione, recently arrested in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, had committed suicide. That headline is false and no such event has occurred at the time of publication.
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“Luigi Mangione shoots himself; Syrian mother hopes Assad pays price; South Korean police raid Yoon Suk Yeol’s office,” the full notice read. Apple Intelligence appears to have put together three different pieces of news in one summary notification. Curiously, only Mangione’s is incorrect; the others are accurate representations of the news they refer to.
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BBC News has complained about this to Apple, but Apple has not yet commented on it. Apple Intelligence was introduced to iPhones and other Apple devices earlier this year, and the feature set was greatly expanded with the release of iOS 18.2 earlier this week. If Apple is going to keep trying with AI, it would be wise to fix some of these issues before the lawyers get involved.
britcommerce has contacted Apple for comment and will update if we hear back.