An artificial intelligence feature on iPhones is generating fake news alerts, stoking concerns about the technology's ability to spread misinformation.

Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.

The BBC criticized an AI-generated news summary from Apple after it falsely reported Luke Littler winning the PDC World Championship.

Apple to update AI tools after BBC complaint over inaccurate news alerts - The BBC complained to the tech giant last month after the technology generated inaccurate summaries of headlines from the corporation.

Recently released by Apple, a function that uses artificial intelligence to summarise user notifications sent out erroneously summarised BBC News app alerts on the broadcaster’s story about the PDC World Darts Championship semifinal,

Apple's news summaries faced criticism for inaccuracies, including false stories, sparking concerns about AI reliability in journalism.

Apple’s artificial intelligence system, known as Apple Intelligence, has come under scrutiny for inaccurately summarizing news notifications, leading to incidents of misinformation. This issue has particularly affected alerts from reputable sources such as the BBC.

Apple Intelligence‘s notification summary features has unintentionally created fake news headlines, and Apple’s proposed fix won’t be enough.