Apple Halts Disastrous AI System That Was Making Up Fake News Stories and Pushing Them to iPhone Users
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Apple's temporary halt of its 'Apple Intelligence' feature underscores significant failures in AI news summarization, indicating the company's admission of its inadequacies in this area.
Geoffrey Fowler noted that Apple's feature had consistently misrepresented real publications, stating, 'It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing,' highlighting the urgency for improved accuracy in informational AI.
Despite criticisms and repeated failures, Apple plans to improve the 'Apple Intelligence' feature for a future release, showing a commitment to refining AI technology even amid setbacks.
The problems with Apple's summarizing tool reflect broader issues in AI, with experts suggesting that hallucinations could be an intrinsic problem, complicating the technology's reliability.
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