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Apple Suspends AI News Summary Feature Amid Accuracy Concerns

Apple pauses its AI news summary feature following complaints of fabricated alerts and misinformation from various news organizations, including the BBC.

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Apple has temporarily suspended its AI-generated news summary feature due to multiple complaints regarding inaccurate news alerts issued to iPhone users. The company will disable this feature in the upcoming iOS 18.3 beta update while it addresses reliability issues caused by what industry experts term 'hallucinations.' Notable errors include false claims regarding political figures and misleading summaries of BBC reports. In place of the feature, Apple plans to display a warning for users about the in-development nature of information dispensed by the AI.

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