Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Summaries of News Notifications
The company’s Apple Intelligence system has erroneously characterized news stories, provoking a backlash from media companies.
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AI Startup Anthropic Plans to Raise $2 Billion at a $60 Billion Valuation
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Apple's inaccurate AI news alerts shows the tech has a growing misinformation problem
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Apple urged to withdraw 'out of control' AI news alerts
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Microsoft Plans to Invest $3 Billion on AI, Cloud Infrastructure in India
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Apple says it will update AI feature after inaccurate news alerts
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Nvidia’s AI agent play is here with new models, orchestration blueprints
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Biden visits New Orleans as authorities give new details about planning of New Year's attack
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LG rolls out new AI services to help consumers with daily tasks
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New Orleans’ planned barriers only designed to withstand crashes of 10mph
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Don’t take away jobs from intellectually disabled workers
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Apple AI alert falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won darts final
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