Apple will soon update Apple Intelligence notification summaries to make it clearer that they are generated by ai. (The feature currently uses a small icon to indicate its ai-generated status.) bbc complained to the company later discovering several false summaries that misrepresented the content of some BBC headlines. On Monday, Apple told Engadget that the update will arrive “in the coming weeks.”
“Apple Intelligence is designed to help users perform everyday tasks faster and easier,” an Apple spokesperson wrote in a statement to Engadget. “This includes optional notification summaries, which give users who choose to opt-in a way to briefly view app information and access full details whenever they want. These are identified by a summary icon and the original content is a quick tap away. Apple Intelligence features are in beta and we are continually making improvements with the help of user feedback. A software update in the coming weeks will further clarify when the text displayed is a summary provided by Apple Intelligence. We encourage users to report a concern if they see an unexpected notification summary.”
He bbc He pointed out several botched ai notification summaries in multiple reports over the past month, accusing ai ads of spreading misinformation. One falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself. Other wrong summaries said that a darts player had won a world championship before playing in the final (maybe it's just that good!), and that tennis superstar Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.
Notification summaries are one of the features in the first wave of Apple Intelligence that arrived in iOS (and iPadOS) 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1. A second phase, including the integration of ChatGPT and Image Playground, arrived in iOS (and iPadOS) 18.2 and macOS 15.2.
