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Apple, the iPhone maker, has said it will update its AI feature following calls to withdraw the controversial feature for issuing inaccurate news alerts. The AI feature is expected to summarize news notifications but has sometimes fabricated news on its iPhones much to the displeasure of readers and news publishers. Among the inaccurate news alerts, the AI feature alleged that Rafael Nadal has come out as gay and that a man accused of killing a US insurance boss had shot himself. Apple will roll out updates in the coming weeks The influx of inaccurate news has let to Apple saying it will update its AI feature in order to avoid further inaccurate news posting. According to the tech giant, an update will be rolled out in the coming weeks to correct the malfunctioning one. Apple said it is developing a software update that will further clarify when news notifications were summaries generated by the company’s Intelligence system. The AI is meant to summarise breaking news notifications but has in some instances invented entirely false claims. Apple responded this week when it said it was working to clarify that summaries were AI-generated, despite the BBC being the first to complain to the tech giant about its journalism being misrepresented in December. The BBC was told by Alan Rusbridger the former editor of the Guardian that Apple needed to go further and pull a product he said was clearly not ready. “The technology was out of control and posed a considerable misinformation risk,” Rusbridger who also sits on Meta’s Oversight Board that reviews appeals of the company’s content moderation decisions added. “Trust in news is low enough already without giant American corporations coming in and using it as a kind of test product,” he added on BBC Radio Four. Apple’s faulty feature…

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Filed under: News - @ January 7, 2025 7:26 pm