Apple Halts AI News Summaries After Reports of Inaccurate Alerts

Cupertino: So, Apple is hitting the brakes on this AI feature that was supposed to give us news summaries. Turns out, it was spitting out some pretty wild inaccuracies.

They announced this change as part of the beta for iOS 18.3, which is only available to a small group of users right now. But usually, these features roll out to everyone after testing.

The company is disabling the AI news feature while they sort out the issues. It’s been causing some major mix-ups, which they call “hallucinations.” They’re also testing similar updates for iPads and Macs.

This pause is a bit of a setback for Apple’s AI ambitions, especially after they launched the iPhone 16 with the tech last September. The iPhone 15 models also have the AI chip.

The BBC even complained about the feature after it turned their reports into false headlines. One big mistake claimed someone shot themselves when that wasn’t true at all.

Google had to fix its search engine last year for similar reasons, as it was also generating some pretty bizarre summaries.