DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> urged to withdraw 'out of control' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> news alerts</p><p>Zoe Kleinman, Liv McMahon and Natalie Sherman, January 7, 2025</p><p>"Apple is facing fresh calls to withdraw its controversial artificial intelligence (AI) feature that has generated inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones.</p><p>"The product is meant to summarise breaking news notifications but has in some instances invented entirely false claims.</p><p>"The BBC first complained to the tech giant about its journalism being misrepresented in December but Apple did not respond until Monday this week, when it said it was working to clarify that summaries were AI-generated.</p><p>"Alan Rusbridger, the former editor of the Guardian, told the BBC Apple needed to go further and pull a product he said was 'clearly not ready.'</p><p>"Mr Rusbridger, who also sits on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>'s Oversight Board that reviews appeals of the company's content moderation decisions, added the technology was 'out of control' and posed a considerable misinformation risk."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de21n0o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cge93de2</span><span class="invisible">1n0o</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisinformationIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisinformationIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISucks</span></a></p>