A news summary from Apple falsely claimed darts player Luke Littler won the PDC World Championship – before he has even played in the final. The incorrect summary was written by artificial intelligence (AI) and is based on a BBC story about Littler winning the tournament semi-final on Thursday night.
Apple’s AI software Apple Intelligence launched in the UK in December 2024 with a feature that aims to give users a simple round-up of app alerts they have missed. It collates the alerts into a single message and then uses AI to summarise what they contained.
The false alert about Littler was seen by users of the BBC News app earlier in the day. The BBC has also seen another AI notification summary which falsely told some BBC Sport app users that Tennis great Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.
A BBC spokesperson said: “It is essential that Apple fixes this problem urgently – as this has happened multiple times. As the most trusted news media organisation in the world, it is crucial that audiences can trust any information or journalism published in our name and that includes notifications.”
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