The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant’s new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.

A zoomed in iPhone screenshot of the misleading BBC notification

  • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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    8 days ago

    So that’s the story they’re going with then he winds up dead aye?

    Publishers were a little to early when the CIA handed them the file

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    8 days ago

    How can Apple even fix this?
    Genuine question, what can they even do other than adding a new prompt saying “don’t mislead the user when summarizing the news pretty please 🥺”

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    8 days ago

    This doesn’t sound like an accident.

    Also, if I was BBC, I would sue. That’s damages.