The technology giant has faced considerable backlash regarding notifications of recurring inaccurate news.
The Apple technology company said that in the coming weeks, it will update its information functionality on AI after a series of information on incorrect AI, apparently on the BBC site, aroused a complaint from the diffuser.
Friday, January 3), Apple’s AI summarized a certain number of notifications from the application of the BBC, generating content which wrongly indicated that Luke Littler had won the PDC World Darts championship, despite the competition that just started. In addition, Apple’s AI IA generator has published false allegations according to which the star of Spanish tennis Rafael Nadal had made an announcement concerning his sexuality.
This is not the first complaint against Apple technology. Previously, advocacy group journalist, Journalists Without Borderscalled to stop the functionality of Apple Intelligence News, indicating that “the automated production of false information allocated to a media is a hard blow for the credibility of the point of sale and a danger to the public law to information reliable on current affairs ”.
Launched in the United Kingdom in December 2024, Apple Intelligence Was designed to give users an overview that is easy to read new trends, however, in a few days, the application circulated a false story suggesting that Luigi Mangione, the main suspect in the murder of the CEO of Unitedhealthcare, had died by suicide.
In his first recognition of the current problem last Monday (January 6), an Apple spokesman said that the company was working on a software change that “would clarify more” when the notifications are summaries generated by the system D ‘Apple Intelligence.
A spokesperson for the Bbc said, “These Apple summaries do not reflect and in some cases completely contradict the content of the original BBC. It is essential that Apple urgently addresses these problems because the precision of our news is essential to maintain confidence. »»
In October 2024, Apple announced that, despite concerns, it would not be made available due to broader problems with the Digital market actUsers could expect an Apple intelligence Characteristics to be deployed to users of the iPhone and iPad in the EU from April 2025.
Regarding its plans to modify the functionality, SiliconrePublic.com contacted Apple for a declaration, however, the company refused to comment.
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