Apple mentioned on Monday it will launch an replace to raised point out that its notification summaries are generated by synthetic intelligence.
“A software program replace within the coming weeks will additional make clear when the textual content being displayed is summarization supplied by Apple Intelligence. We encourage customers to report a priority in the event that they view an surprising notification abstract,” an Apple spokesperson mentioned in a press release.
Apple’s notification summaries are useful, however they will also be fairly inaccurate. The summaries are generally humorous, however they typically additionally trigger delicate confusion. Final month, BBC complained that the function misrepresented a headline, with the abstract saying that Luigi Mangione, the particular person charged with the homicide of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself.
Final yr, in an interview with the Wall Avenue Journal, Apple’s SVP of software program engineering, Craig Federighi, mentioned Apple Intelligence doesn’t summarize notifications it deems as delicate.
Tech corporations are determining higher label AI-generated content material. Final yr, Meta needed to tweak its labeling for photos posted on its social networks that have been generated or edited utilizing AI after photographers complained that they didn’t use AI instruments to edit their images. Google additionally began including disclosures for photos made utilizing one its AI instruments.
