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Apple Suspends AI News Feature Due To Fabricated Alerts

People gather around a table of iPhones at an Apple Store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Apple has announced the suspension of a feature on its iPhones that utilized artificial intelligence to deliver inaccurate news alerts to some users. This decision was revealed in a beta version of the upcoming software release, iOS 18.3. The beta version is currently accessible to a limited group of iPhone users and developers, with the finalized update expected to be available to all users in the coming weeks.

As part of the beta update, Apple has disabled the AI-generated feature for news and entertainment due to issues causing the technology to produce fabricated information, often referred to as 'hallucinations' in the industry. Similar updates for Apple's iPad and Mac computers are also undergoing testing.

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