Calls for Apple to remove AI after series of incorrect headline summaries

[Karah]

AFTER ISSUING A SERIES OF INACCURATE NEWS ALERTS… APPLE SAYS IT WILL UPDATE ITS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FEATURE.

SOME OF THE FALSE HEADLINES THE TECHNOLOGY GENERATED INCLUDED ONE THAT SAID LUIGI MANGIONE, THE ACCUSED UNITED HEALTHCARE C-E-O SHOOTER, HAD KILLED HIMSELF… AND ANOTHER THAT TENNIS STAR RAFAEL NADAL HAD COME OUT AS GAY.

APPLE SAYS IT’S DEVELOPING A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO QUOTE “FURTHER CLARIFY” *WHEN* NEW HEADLINES ARE ACTUALLY SUMMARIES GENERATED BY APPLE INTELLIGENCE… AND THAT UPDATE WILL ROLL OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS.

BUT MEDIA OUTLETS AND JOURNALIST ORGANIZATIONS WANT THE FEATURE ENDED ALTOGETHER.

THIS COMES AFTER A FORMAL COMPLAINT BY THE B-B-C LAST MONTH WHEN AN INCORRECT NEWS ALERT WAS SUMMARIZED BY APPLE A-I – BUT BRANDED WITH THE B-B-C’S LOGO – CLAIMED LUIGI MANGIONE, THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING UNITED HEALTHCARE C-E-O BRIAN THOMPSON HAD SHOT HIMSELF.

MANGIONE HAD NOT, AND IS ALIVE AND WELL BEING HELD IN A NEW YORK PRISON.

MULTIPLE FALSE NEWS ALERTS WERE ALSO ISSUED LAST WEEK – WHEN APPLE’S A-I SUMMARIZED B-B-C APP NOTIFICATIONS TO WRONGLY SAY TENNIS STAR RAFAEL NADAL HAD COME OUT AS GAY… AND CLAIMED LUKE LITTLER HAD WON THE P-D-C WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP – HOURS BEFORE THE COMPETITION EVEN BEGAN.

AND IT’S NOT JUST THE B-B-C – IN NOVEMBER, A PROPUBLICA JOURNALIST FLAGGED AN INACCURATE APPLE AI SUMMARY OF A NEW YORK TIMES ALERT THAT WRONGLY CLAIMED ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, HAD BEEN ARRESTED.

THE U-K’S NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS IS NOW CALLING FOR APPLE TO QUOTE “ACT SWIFTLY” AND REMOVE ITS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO AVOID SPREADING MISINFORMATION.

JOURNALIST GROUP REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS ECHOED THAT SENTIMENT, SAYING QUOTE “THE PROPOSED UPDATE LOOKS LIKE AN IMPLICIT ADMISSION THAT MAKING THE FEATURE MORE TRUSTWORTHY IS NOT CURRENTLY AN OPTION” AND RENEWED ITS CALLS FOR THE FEATURE’S REMOVAL.

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