January 7, 2025 – Apple’s “AI”, Apple Intelligence, has recently garnered attention again due to generating inaccurate news summaries.
In December 2024, the BBC reported that Apple Intelligence had misrepresented news content by producing summaries that were not aligned with the facts. Last Friday, the system erroneously published a false notification about a darts player winning a championship and fabricated a rumor about tennis star Rafael Nadal, causing dissatisfaction among the BBC.
Responding to the BBC’s concerns, Apple stated that they are developing an update for Apple Intelligence to mitigate confusion stemming from inaccurate summaries.
Currently in its beta phase, Apple Intelligence continues to evolve based on user feedback. Forthcoming software updates promise to clarify when displayed text originates from Apple Intelligence summaries. Users are also encouraged to provide feedback on anysummary they find incorrect.
The BBC lodged a complaint against Apple last Friday regarding two erroneous summaries: one incorrectly stated that a party had won the PDC World Darts Championship before the finals, and another mistakenly attributed news about Brazilian tennis player Rafael Nadal to another Brazilian tennis player, Joao Lucas Reis da Silva.
The BBC has demanded urgent action from Apple, emphasizing that these recurring inaccuracies pose a threat to the credibility of trustworthy news organizations. “Apple needs to urgently address this issue – it has happened multiple times,” a BBC spokesperson stated.
Previously, Apple Intelligence has also been involved in several incidents of factual errors. For instance, in November of last year, while interpreting a New York Times report, Apple Intelligence falsely implied that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.
