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Apple says it will update AI feature after BBC complaint


One of Apple's new artificial intelligence feature is facing criticism for generating inaccurate news alerts.

"Apple Intelligence features are in beta and we are continuously making improvements with the help of user feedback," the company said in a statement on Monday, adding that receiving the summaries is optional. In November, a ProPublica journalist highlighted, external erroneous Apple AI summaries of alerts from the New York Times app suggesting it had reported that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested. It said the attribution of a false headline about Mr Mangione to the BBC showed "generative AI services are still too immature to produce reliable information for the public".

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