Apple pushed to remove AI feature after making false headlines.

A major journalism organization has urged Apple to scrap its new generative AI feature after it created a misleading headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.

The BBC complained. After Apple Intelligence, the American tech giant, which summarizes and groups notifications using artificial intelligence (AI), created a false headline about murder suspect Luigi Mangione.

The AI-powered summary falsely revealed that BBC News had published an article claiming that Mangione, the man accused of murdering Brian Thompson, the CEO of a health care insurer in New York, had committed suicide. was shot. He doesn’t have it.

Now, the group Reporters Without Borders has called on Apple to remove the technology. Apple has not commented.

Apple Intelligence was launched in the UK last week.

Reporters Without Borders, also known as RSF, said it was “deeply concerned about the threats posed to media outlets” by AI tools.

said the group The BBC incident proves that “generative AI services are still too immature to provide reliable information to the public”.

Vincent Berthier, head of RSF’s technology and journalism desk, added: “AIs are probabilistic machines, and facts cannot be decided by a roll of the dice.

“RSF calls on Apple to act responsibly by removing this feature. The automatic generation of false information attributed to a media outlet is a blow to the outlet’s credibility and the public’s right to reliable information on current affairs.” There is a danger.”

Apple has not commented since the story broke last week.

When the group notification, which included BBC News, emerged, a BBC spokesperson said the corporation had contacted Apple “to raise this concern and resolve the issue”.

The notification, which falsely claimed Mangeon was otherwise correct, summarized updates on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and South Korean President Yoon Seok-yul.

The BBC has not yet confirmed whether Apple has responded to its complaint.

Mangeon Now charged with first degree murder. In the murder of Mr. Thompson.

It seems the BBC isn’t the only news publisher whose headlines have been misrepresented by Apple’s new AI tech.

On November 21, three New York Times articles were combined into one notification — one of which read “Netanyahu Arrested,” referring to the Israeli prime minister.

It was falsely summarizing a report about the International Criminal Court issuing a warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest, rather than reporting on his arrest.

The error was highlighted on Bluesky. By Ken Schwencke, journalist with American investigative journalism website ProPublica.

Mr Schwenke told BBC News he had taken a screenshot and confirmed it was genuine. The New York Times declined to comment.

As part of its rollout of Apple Intelligence, Apple allows users to group notifications.

Apple said users may like it to help reduce interruptions caused by ongoing notifications.

It’s only available on certain iPhones – those using iOS 18.1 system version or later (all iPhone 16 phones, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Max). It’s also available on some iPads and Macs.

Grouped notifications are marked with a specific icon, and users can report any concerns on the notification summary. Apple did not say how many reports it has received.

Apple Intelligence does not only summarize articles from publishers, and it has been reported that emails and text messages are also summarized. Sometimes it doesn’t quite hit the mark.