Apple working to update AI feature after BBC complaint

Apple has said it will replace, rather than disable, a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that has generated false alerts on its latest iPhones.

The company, in its first acknowledgment of the problem, on Monday said it was working to update the software to make it “clearer” that the information is a summary of information generated by Apple’s Intelligence system.

The tech giant is facing calls to pull technology after its success.

BBC he complained last month after a summary of its AI-generated headline falsely suggested to readers that Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself.

On Friday, Apple’s AI summarized information on a BBC program that Luke Littler had won the PDC World Darts Championship just hours before it started – and that Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.

This is the first time Apple has responded in depth to the BBC’s concerns about the flaw, which appears to be from the organization’s software.

“This Apple summary is spreading false information that does not reflect – and in some cases contradicts – the content of the BBC’s website,” the BBC said on Monday.

“This is destroying trust not only in the BBC, but in news and communications in general. It is imperative that Apple resolve this issue as soon as possible.”

Apple said the update would arrive “in the coming weeks”.

It has he said earlier its notification summary – which aggregates and rewrites screens of recent software notifications into a single alert on users’ locked systems – is intended to allow users to “explore details”.

“Apple Intelligence products are in beta and we’re constantly improving them with the help of user feedback,” the company said in a statement on Monday, adding that receiving the tips is optional.

“Program changes in the coming weeks will be clear when the text shown is a summary provided by Apple Intelligence.

appearance, along with others released as part of its many AI tools it was released in the UK in December. It is available on its iPhone 16, iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models on phones running iOS 18.1 and above, as well as on iPads and Macs.

A number of technological moments that seem to interpret messages in a clear, authentic way have been circulating on social media.

In November, a ProPublica reporter lighting fixtures A summary of Apple AI’s misinformation about the New York Times app showing that it had reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.

The BBC could not independently confirm the observations, and the New York Times declined to comment.

Reporters Without Borders, which represents the rights and interests of journalists, asked Apple to stop the feature in December.

It also said that Mangione’s fake news on the BBC showed that “AI technology is still in its infancy and cannot produce reliable information for people”.

Apple is not the only one that has released AI tools that can generate text, images and more when prompted by users – but with different results.

Google’s AI overviews, which provide written summaries of results at the top of the search engine in response to user queries, were criticized last year. to create complex solutions.

At the time a Google spokesperson said that these were “special samples” and that the feature was working fine.