Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting

On 22.11.24 04:00, Warren wrote:

For a brief moment earlier this month, I thought an old acquaintance had
passed away. I was still groggy one morning when I checked my phone to
find a notification delivering the news. "Obituary shared,"ť the message
bluntly said, followed by his name. But when I opened my phone, I
learned that he was very much still alive. Apple's latest software
update was to blame: A new feature that uses AI to summarize iPhone
notifications had distorted the original text message. It wasn't my
acquaintance who had died, but a relative of his. That's whose obituary
I had received.
 
These notification summaries are perhaps the most visible part of Apple
Intelligence, the company's long-awaited suite of AI features, which
officially began to roll out last month. (It's compatible with only
certain devices.) We are living in push-notification hell, and Apple
Intelligence promises to collapse the incessant stream of notifications
into pithy recaps. Instead of setting your iPhone aside while you shower
and returning to nine texts, four emails, and two calendar alerts, you
can now return to a few brief Apple Intelligence summaries.
 
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/apple-
intelligence-text-messages/680717/
 
Iphones are for stupid people.

*ROTFLSTC*
Injection-Info: news.mixmin.net

*You are dead*


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