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RSF urges Apple to remove its new generative AI feature after it wrongly attributes false information to the BBC, threatening reliable journalism


Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is very concerned about the risks posed to media outlets by new artificial intelligence (AI) tools after a new Apple product generated a false news alert and attributed it to the BBC. This accident illustrates that generative AI services are still too immature to produce reliable information for the public, and should not be allowed on the market for such uses.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is very concerned about the risks posed to media outlets by new artificial intelligence (AI) tools after a new Apple product generated a false news alert and attributed it to the BBC. The Apple Intelligence feature launched in the UK on 11 December by the company behind the iPhone took less than forty-eight hours to demonstrate that its new generative AI tool is incapable of producing reliable information in a consistant, trustworthy manner. The probabilistic way in which AI systems operate automatically disqualifies them as a reliable technology for news media that can be used in solutions aimed at the general public.

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