AI Feature Suspension
has halted an AI feature that generated inaccurate news alerts, citing "hallucinations" as the cause of fabricated information. This action affects iPhone, iPad, and Mac users within the beta testing group for iOS 18.3.
The suspension is a setback for Apple's integration of AI into its products, which began with the iPhone 16 and includes the AI processor in the premium iPhone 15 models.
Impact and Comparisons
Media organizations, including the , reported issues with Apple's AI-generated news summaries, highlighting a significant error involving a false alert about Luigi Mangione.
This incident parallels Google's challenges with AI-generated summaries, which also prompted a retooling of its search engine last year due to similar errors.