Apple’s AI-generated news sent out misinformation about Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Pam Bondi

Apple’s news generated by artificial intelligence is being criticized after it apparently sent out false information about Pete Hegseth, the nominee for defense secretary, and two other cabinet nominees.

The alert indicated that Hegseth had been “fired” and also claimed that Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Pam Bondi had been “confirmed,” when none of that was true.

‘It’s wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn’t turn off summaries for news apps.’

A screenshot of the misinformation was captured and posted by Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler on Wednesday as confirmation hearings continued.

Apple Intelligence “got every fact wrong” in its summary of news alerts from the Washington Post, Fowler posted on the Bluesky social media platform.

The alert was sent out to millions of Apple users and increased the scrutiny on Apple’s AI-generated news service.

“It’s wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn’t turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing,” Fowler added.

He said that news organizations had complained to Apple and explained that the outlets had no control over how artificial intelligence recast their “accurate and expertly crafted alerts.”

The BBC publicly complained about misinformation Apple put out about the alleged health care CEO killer Luigi Mangione. Another embarrassing incident involved an alert that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested, which was false.

“Apple Intelligence features are in beta and we are continuously making improvements with the help of user feedback,” said the company to the BBC. “We encourage users to report a concern if they view an unexpected notification summary.”

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Rubio to head the State Department while Bondi was nominated as the U.S. attorney general after former Congressman Matt Gaetz stepped down from his appointment.

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