Apple Faces Criticism Over AI-Generated News Headline Summaries

[Unggoy Murderer]

Doesn’t Apple’s Summarize feature discourage reading beyond the headline?

Don't think so, it just summarises a notification, or group of notifications. Up to you if you open it or not.

 

[dannys1]

No, you’re not the only one. Whether these features write or re-write things for you, summarize articles or communication, “fix up” your photos, or generate images from text, a lot of these features seem aimed at reducing the amount of time we engage in creative or analytical thinking, presumably so we have more time for other things like . . . doing laundry? I would rather technology reduce the amount of time I need to engage in mundane tasks so I have more time to engage in creative and analytical thinking. I fear the negative impacts of this direction on critical thinking skills won’t be known for a generation, and by then, it will be too late. Damage done.

They said exactly this in the 80s with the release of the first home personal computers and the calculator.

 

[ItWasNotMe]

Happens again

• Darts player wins when the final hasn't been played yet
• Falsely claims tennis great Rafael Nadal had come out as gay

Apple Intelligence falsely claims Luke Littler won darts final

An AI-generated notification says the teen has won the tournament before the final is even played.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ItWasNotMe]

Apple has suspended it for News and Entertainment Apps in the next releases...

""With the latest beta software releases of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, Notification summaries for the News & Entertainment category will be temporarily unavailable," an Apple spokesperson said.

Apple Intelligence: iPhone AI news alerts halted after errors

The tech giant was facing pressure to pull the feature after it made repeated mistakes summarising headlines.

www.bbc.co.uk