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Taylor Odisho

Software Developer Calls New Apple AI Feature 'Dystopian' After It Brutally Summarizes Breakup Texts from Girlfriend: 'No Longer in a Relationship'

A screenshot of @spreen_co's now-deleted tweet. (Credit: Ars Technica)

Getting broken up with via text is bad enough, but imagine receiving a message summarizing a partner's breakup texts with one, 10-word message: "No longer in a relationship; wants belongings from the apartment."

One NYC-based software developer, who goes by @spreen_co on X, received the brutal alert earlier this week after Apple's forthcoming AI feature summarized a series of texts "along the lines of i can't believe you just did that, we're done, i want my stuff," he told Ars Technica

In a now-deleted X post, he wrote the screenshot was "for anyone who's wondered what an apple intelligence summary of a breakup text looks like." Since many were skeptical about the message's authenticity, @spreen_co tweeted a follow-up post, writing, "yes this was real," and yes, it happened on his birthday.

Receiving the summary wasn't all bad for the X user.

"I do feel like it added a level of distance to it that wasn't a bad thing," he told Ars Technica. "Maybe a bit like a personal assistant who stays professional and has your back even in the most awful situations."

He added that "more than anything it felt unreal and dystopian."

The X user told Ars Technica he accessed the feature after downloading Apple's beta iOS 18.1, which is expected to roll out to all Apple users with an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 16 later this month, according to Bloomberg.

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