Apple Intelligences gets headline on ‘high-profile’ US murder wrong; BBC complains

The AI-powered notification feature has come under fire for falsely reporting that Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had committed suicide. The inaccurate alert reportedly had the headline “Luigi Mangione shoots himself” and was attributed to the BBC. However, in reality, Mangione remains in custody in Pennsylvania, US and is awaiting extradition to New York. The media outlet, whose name was falsely linked to the headline, has raised concerns with Apple. In a report, the broadcaster also shared a screenshot of the AI-generated alert.
In a statement in the report, a spokesperson for the broadcaster said: “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.”