Apple is working on an update to its Apple Intelligence feature that reminds people its summarized notifications are AI-generated. This comes after some outlets raised concerns about misleading notification headlines created by the AI.
Apple Intelligence’s notification summaries come with devices with iOS 18.1 or later, and groups together notifications from the same app to give users an ai generated overview. However, there have been problems with the AI misinterpreting news stories, leading to incorrect summaries. Apple told the BBC, “Apple Intelligence features are in beta and we are continuously making improvements with the help of user feedback. A software update in the coming weeks will further clarify when the text being displayed is summarization provided by Apple Intelligence. We encourage users to report a concern if they view an unexpected notification summary.”
Apple will now slap a warning label on its AI’s headlines, which is not fixing the problem, but trying to give the company deniability. These aren’t small mistakes like a typo or a number that is off. If a news organization actually released these headlines, it could be seen as libel and lead to a lawsuit. It’s a wonder why this AI was released to the public when it’s clearly not ready.
Some of the incorrect summaries included a claim about the champion of a darts championship before it even happened, and the false claim that a tennis player came out as gay. There’s plenty more on the r/AppleIntelligenceFail subreddit, which raises significant concerns that should not be disregarded. These mistakes came from Apple’s AI-generated summaries of real news, and Apple’s mistakes could harm people’s trust in real news outlets.
Reporters Without Borders recommends turning off the feature because of the issues with generative AI providing accurate information to the public. Even outside of creating made-up news headlines, it doesn’t seem to be that useful.
Sources: BBC, AppleIntelligenceFail Subreddit, Reporters Without Borders, MacRumors
