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It's not Siri, but I'm surprised they didn't immediately kill a feature which alerted people with misleading headlines like "Luigi Mangione shoots himself" or t

It's not Siri, but I'm surprised they didn't immediately kill a feature which alerted people with misleading headlines like "Luigi Mangione shoots himself" or that Rafael Nadal has come out as gay. An using the BBC's icon next to them! Steve Jobs would've stormed into that team's office and dropped a grenade... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/apple-update-ai-inaccurate-news-alerts-bbc-apple-intelligence-iphone https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/07/apple-upd... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o > The BBC first complained to the tech giant about its journalism being misrepresented in December but Apple did not respond until Monday [January 6], when it said it was working to clarify that summaries were AI-generated.

dialup_sounds 2y ago
Not to defend the output--notification summaries clearly need work--but it used the BBC icon because it was summarizing the 20+ alerts sent to that user by the BBC app.
- sieabahlpark 2y ago
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sgerenser 2y ago
Apple recently announced they are disabling AI notification summaries for news apps in response to these high profile incidents. Seems like the entire feature should be rethought.
- canucker2016 2y ago
  According to https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/21/macos-sequoia-15-3-apple-intelligence-opt-out/ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/21/macos-sequoia-15-3-appl..., macOS 15.3 and iOS 18.3 enable Apple Intelligence automatically on install for supported devices. User must disable to opt-out. Flippant corporate Apple response to article, "You're asking it wrong."
  - selimthegrim 2y ago
    "Americans can't ask"
  - sgerenser 2y ago
    Yes Apple Intelligence enabled by default, but the notification summaries for news apps, one small part of the "suite", will be disabled (without a way to enable it) until further notice.
- netsharc 2y ago
  Yes, my comment acknowledges this, but it took them 3 weeks to turn off a bug that could've misled a lot of users.

dialup_sounds 2y ago

Not to defend the output--notification summaries clearly need work--but it used the BBC icon because it was summarizing the 20+ alerts sent to that user by the BBC app.

sieabahlpark 2y ago
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sgerenser 2y ago

Apple recently announced they are disabling AI notification summaries for news apps in response to these high profile incidents. Seems like the entire feature should be rethought.

canucker2016 2y ago
According to https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/21/macos-sequoia-15-3-apple-intelligence-opt-out/ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/21/macos-sequoia-15-3-appl..., macOS 15.3 and iOS 18.3 enable Apple Intelligence automatically on install for supported devices. User must disable to opt-out. Flippant corporate Apple response to article, "You're asking it wrong."
- selimthegrim 2y ago
  "Americans can't ask"
- sgerenser 2y ago
  Yes Apple Intelligence enabled by default, but the notification summaries for news apps, one small part of the "suite", will be disabled (without a way to enable it) until further notice.
netsharc 2y ago
Yes, my comment acknowledges this, but it took them 3 weeks to turn off a bug that could've misled a lot of users.