An artificial intelligence feature on iPhones is generating fake news alerts, stoking concerns about the technology’s ability to spread misinformation.
Last week, a feature recently launched by Apple that summarizes users' notifications using AI pushed out inaccurately summarized BBC News app notifications claiming British darts player Luke Littler had won the PDC World Darts Championship.
An artificial intelligence feature on iPhones is generating fake news alerts, stoking concerns about the technology's ability to spread misinformation.Last week, a feature recently launched by Apple that summarizes users' notifications using AI, pushed out inaccurately summarized BBC News app notifications on the broadcaster's story about the PDC World Darts Championship semi-final, falsely claiming British darts player Luke Littler had won the championship.
CEO shares the No. 1 red flag she sees in employees: Working with this type of person ‘never goes well' The mistake was flagged on the social media app Bluesky by Ken Schwencke, a senior editor at investigative journalism site ProPublica. "I suspect that Apple will not be alone in having challenges with AI-generated content. We've already seen numerous examples of AI services confidently telling mistruths, so-called 'hallucinations'," Ben Wood, chief analyst at tech-focused market research firm CCS Insights, told CNBC.
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