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Apple to Update AI Feature After Controversial Inaccurate News Alerts
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
Apple announced it would update its AI feature in the next few days after users received inaccurate news alerts —such as AI-generated summaries saying that Luigi Mangione had shot himself or that the tennis player Rafael Nada came out as gay.
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- Apple said on Monday it will update its AI feature that generates summarized news alerts.
- The BBC filed a complaint in December and considered Apple’s feature concerning.
- Journalists and organizations are asking Apple to remove the feature entirely.
The BBC filed a complaint last month after the new AI feature suggested that the news publication had announced the false statement about Mangione. The tech giant finally addressed the issue this Monday.
According to the BBC , multiple publications and organizations—including journalists from ProPublica and Reporters Without Borders (RSF)—have been affected and expressed their concerns to the tech company.
“These AI summarisations by Apple do not reflect – and in some cases completely contradict – the original BBC content,” said the BBC yesterday.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said that the tech company should remove Apple Intelligence and the RSF considered the AI feature “too immature.”
“At a time where access to accurate reporting has never been more important, the public must not be placed in a position of second-guessing the accuracy of news they receive,” said Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary.
Apple said they will fix the issue and that the update should arrive “in the coming weeks,” and encouraged users to report inaccuracies and concerns as the feature is still in beta mode in the United Kingdom.
“It just transfers the responsibility to users, who – in an already confusing information landscape – will be expected to check if the information is true or not,” said Vincent Berthier, head of RSF’s technology and journalism desk.
In May 2024, Google’s AI overview also earned an embarrassing reputation after the technology provided inaccurate information and its “funny” results went viral on social media.
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Nvidia Unveils New Graphics Cards, AI supercomputer, And Advanced Robot Training Technology
- Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
Nvidia announced multiple new products this Monday during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The tech giant unveiled a personal AI desktop supercomputer, a new AI technology to train robots and vehicles, and new graphic cards.
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- Nvidia’s new personal AI supercomputer Project DIGITS will be available in May starting at $3,000.
- The new open-model Nvidia Cosmos will accelerate video processing and training for robots and autonomous vehicles.
- The new RTX 50 series chips will improve video and enhance images to generate more realistic figures.
During a 90-minute keynote, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang introduced the company’s new technologies with videos and more details of the latest products. Most products focus on AI innovation.
“It started with perception AI, understanding images, words, and sounds. Then generative AI, creating text, images, and sound,” said Huang at the event. “Now, we’re entering the era of ‘physical AI’, AI that can proceed, reason, plan, and act.”
The tech giant announced a new personal AI supercomputer called Project DIGITS , including an NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, that will be available in May starting at $3,000. The new device has been designed for data scientists, AI researchers, students, and those who need to run and deploy advanced AI models.
“AI will be mainstream in every application for every industry. With Project DIGITS, the Grace Blackwell Superchip comes to millions of developers,” said Huang.
Nvidia also launched Nvidia Cosmos , a new platform under an open model license—available for download through the company’s NGC catalog or Hugging Face—to accelerate video processing and training for robots and autonomous vehicles through “synthetic” data—realistic artificially generated data.
Huang also announced a new partnership with Toyota to build next-generation electric vehicles—the Japanese automaker also partnered with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation to build a zero-traffic accident AI platform a few months ago.
The tech giant also revealed its new Blackwell family graphic cards —the AI chips reported overheating problems a few weeks ago—the RTX 50 series which will improve video and enhance images to generate more realistic figures. Nvidia announced the new chips will be available later this month, and, according to Engadget , the prices for the new chips start at $549 for the model RTX 5070 and $1,999 for the RTX 5090.
