Apple Intelligence continues to do one more thing and annoy the BBC. The English media slammed its fist on the table in mid-December when Apple’s AI had incorrectly reformulated one of its notifications: it stated that the killer Luigi Mangione had committed suicide (this is false). Things haven’t improved, and Apple Intelligence today incorrectly summarized two more alerts from the broadcaster.
The Apple feature informed its users that sportsman Luke Littler had won the Professional World Darts Championship… even though the final match had not yet started. The AI also claimed that Rafael Nadal had come out, which is false: he simply misinterpreted an article about a Brazilian player. A BBC spokesperson said:
It is essential that Apple fixes this issue urgently, as it has already happened several times. As the world’s most trusted news media, it is essential that the public can trust the information and journalism published on our behalf, including notifications.
Apple Intelligence has no grudge against the BBC: it also made headlines by poorly reformulating a notification from New York Times and claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested. The Verge has compiled several bizarre summaries showing that AI sometimes tends to make certain alerts cryptic, whether messages from loved ones or home automation notifications. Anger is growing among some, and Reporters Without Borders has called for an outright ban on AI summaries for online media news.
