Why Apple’s AI-driven reality distortion matters – Computerworld

The idea is that people reading these headlines will know that there may be machine error (as opposed to human error) in the news they are viewing. The takeaway, of course, is that you should question everything you read to protect yourself from machine or human error.

Question everything: human or artificial intelligence

The people who generate the news are, of course, up in arms. They view the complaint as a high-profile cause to oppose their own possible replacement by machines. The UK’s National Union of Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and the head of the Meta Oversight Board (if this board still there by the end of the week) everyone pointed to these erroneous headlines, suggesting that Apple’s AI is not yet up to the task. (Though even Apple critics point out that part of the problem is that even under human control, public trust in news is declining. has already dropped to a record low.)

These critics also argue that telling users that a news headline was generated by artificial intelligence is not enough. They argue that this means readers must confirm what they read. “This simply shifts the responsibility to users, who – in an already confusing information environment – will have to check whether the information is true,” Vincent Berthier, head of technology and journalism at RSF, told the BBC.