BBC Complains to Apple Over AI-generated Fake News

The BBC has filed a complaint with Apple over AI-generated fake news that was shared across iPhones and erroneously attributed to the broadcaster. The new feature, Apple Intelligence, launched this week in Britain, compiles notifications from various information sites created through artificial intelligence.

Among the misleading notifications was one that claimed the BBC News website had published an article stating that Luigi Mangione, who is under arrest in the US for the murder of a healthcare executive in New York, had taken his own life. In response to this incident, a spokesperson for the BBC emphasized, “BBC News is the most trusted news media in the world. It is essential to us that our audiences can trust any information or journalism published in our name and that includes notifications.”

Consequently, the BBC has reached out to Apple to address their concerns, seeking a resolution to this issue. Furthermore, it was reported that a similar incident occurred involving notifications falsely attributed to the New York Times, although that particular incident remains unconfirmed by the publisher.