Apple has temporarily disabled AI summarization for news notifications in a new software release. This feature has come under criticism from media outlets over concerns that AI could create factual errors. Apple is betting big on AI to trigger the iPhone upgrade cycle.
Apple is suspending the functionality of its artificial intelligence software designed to summarize news notifications, following backlash from media companies that say the software has serious errors.
The tech giant announced changes to its Apple Intelligence platform on Thursday following the release of its latest software for developers. The iOS 18 Beta 3 update indicates that generated AI-enabled notification summaries are “temporarily unavailable” in the News app.
In a statement, Apple confirmed to Business Insider that news and entertainment notification summaries will be temporarily unavailable in the latest beta software release on iPhone, Mac, and iPad. “We are working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update,” the company said.
The decision comes just months after the company introduced its generative AI platform, Apple Intelligence, to users. Apple touted its summary notifications feature as a feature that reveals “what matters most” to users.
But the feature has drawn criticism from some news organizations, who complain that the generated AI that powers Apple Intelligence notifications repeatedly makes mistakes when summarizing news headlines.
The BBC said last month that an AI summary of an article about Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, falsely told some iPhone users that Mangione had shot himself. , filed a serious complaint against Apple.
This is the latest sign of the challenges Silicon Valley companies are facing with the technology that has brought the industry together since the launch of ChatGPT.
Big tech companies like Google and OpenAI have also found their AI to be highly inaccurate, raising concerns that the technology could spread false information.
It’s also a sign that Apple is facing new challenges with technology in what CEO Tim Cook called “a new chapter in Apple’s innovation.”
Analysts have been investigating whether Apple Intelligence can match the performance of rival companies’ generative AI products and trigger an iPhone upgrade cycle.
Not everyone is convinced that this will happen. Apple received a sell rating this month from MoffettNathanson senior analyst Craig Moffett, who told Bloomberg he was concerned that consumers were “not being driven by AI capabilities.” He said there is.
