Apple has temporarily disabled its Apple Intelligence notifications summaries for select apps.
This comes after the feature produced misleading or altogether false summaries of news headlines that appear identical to regular push notifications.
"This is my periodic rant that Apple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fact wrong in its AI a summary of Washington Post news alerts," Washington Post tech columnist, Geoffrey Fowler wrote in a Bluesky post.
Apple has deployed a beta version of IOS 18.3 to developers, that will feature changes to the AI push notifications.
This includes the option to turn the notifications off, italicising text to better distinguish them from regular notifications, and warning users theta the notifications may contain errors.
The BBC last month urged Apple to scrap the feature after it created false headlines that Luigi Mangione, who was charged with shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO, shot himself.
In December Reporters Without Borders (RSF) also called for Apple to remove the feature.
“AIs are probability machines, and facts can’t be decided by a roll of the dice,” head of RSF’s technology desk, Vincent Berthier said.
“The automated production of false information attributed to a media outlet is a blow to the outlet’s credibility and a danger to the public's right to reliable information on current affairs.”
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) echoed these thoughts earlier this month.
“Editorial integrity is crucial to our public service broadcaster and AI generated summaries falsely attributing information, risk harm to the reputation of journalists reporting ethically,” NUJ general secretary, Laura Davinson said.