Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines. The tech giant had been facing mounting pressure to withdraw the service, which sent notifications that appeared to come from within news organizations’ apps. “We are working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update,” an Apple spokesperson said. The feature had inaccurately summarized headlines from the BBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post, according to reports from journalists and others on social media. The BBC had complained to Apple about the technology after it created false headlines stating that Luigi Mangione, who is charged with the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, had shot himself. CNN notes that this week, the Apple feature incorrectly summarized a Washington Post notification, stating falsely: “Pete Hegseth fired; Trump tariffs impact inflation; Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio confirmed.” None of these statements are true.
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