Apple is facing criticism after its artificial intelligence service generated a BBC News alert that falsely claimed suspected assassin Luigi Mangione had shot himself. Mangione has been charged with murder in New York after police say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week.
This week, BBC subscribers were sent a message to their phones that read, “Luigi Mangione shoots himself.” The 26-year-old did not shoot himself and is being held in Pennsylvania while awaiting extradition to New York.
Two other news summaries were sent out by the BBC with the false notification were correct.
The outlet reported of the issue:
Apple Intelligence, launched in the UK earlier this week, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to summarise and group together notifications.
This week, the AI-powered summary falsely made it appear BBC News had published an article claiming Luigi Mangione, the man arrested following the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself. He has not.
A spokesperson from the BBC said the corporation had contacted Apple “to raise this concern and fix the problem.”
Apple declined to comment for the BBC’s story but a spokesman for the company said it had concerns the AI service could hurt its credibility.