"AI can handle a lot well, including computational tasks, schedule coordination, and answering simple questions, but one area it tends to struggle with is message summarization. If you've tested out AI summaries in your Messages app, you've probably seen the AI attempt to summarize the text you just got, only to fall short in quickly, correctly, and concisely paraphrasing. I've seen this feature regularly miss the mark when a friend sends me several messages in a row that aren't all related."
"So when Apple brought AI notification summaries back to its news and entertainment apps with iOS 26, the feature came with a disclaimer. Now, when choosing which apps Apple's AI will summarize, iPhone users see disclaimers next to the choice for news and entertainment apps. "This beta feature will occasionally make mistakes that could misrepresent the meaning of the original notification," it reads. "Summarization may change the meaning of the original headlines. Verify information.""
AI performs well on computations, scheduling, and simple Q&A but often struggles to accurately summarize messages and notifications. The Messages app summarization can conflate unrelated messages and produce incorrect paraphrases. iOS 26 restored AI notification summaries for news and entertainment but added a disclaimer warning that the beta feature may occasionally misrepresent notification meaning and alter headline meaning, advising users to verify information. Apple previously disabled the feature in January after BBC critiques that an AI paraphrase produced inaccurate information about a reported killing. Journalist unions urged Apple to disable the feature due to trust concerns.
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