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Apple urged to axe AI feature after false headline


Reporters Without Borders has called for Apple to remove Apple Intelligence.

The AI-powered summary falsely made it appear that BBC News had published an article claiming Mangione, the man accused of the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself. Vincent Berthier, the head of RSF's technology and journalism desk, added: "AIs are probability machines, and facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice. The notification which made a false claim about Mangione was otherwise accurate in its summaries about the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria and an update on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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