Apple Temporarily Ends AI News Summary Feature That Provided Wildly False Information
The system frequently turned accurate reporting by news outlets into inaccurate headlines, such as claiming the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare chief executive had committed suicide.
Apple is “temporarily” disabling its AI-generated summaries of news alerts after users noticed the feature repeatedly generated wildly inaccurate headlines, which sparked concerns that it was spreading misinformation.
In a statement to the technology news outlet Mashable, Apple said it is pushing out updates in beta versions of its operating systems that will disable the faulty news summaries for the “News & Entertainment” category. The feature will be disabled when the company pushes the iOS 18.3 update. The company says it is working on fixing the feature.
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