An artificial intelligence feature on iPhones is generating fake news alerts, stoking concerns about the technology's ability to spread misinformation.

To completely turn off the AI software, just head to your settings, scroll down and tap Apple Intelligence and Siri. Now, assuming you previously turned Apple Intelligence on, just toggle the top button off. This will kill all of the AI functionalities, from the Writing Tools to the email summaries to Genmoji, until you enable them again.

Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.

We should demand the same transparency wherever AI is applied — such as health insurance payment denials, for example. That’s as true for Apple (itself currently planning to extend Apple News into new markets) as it is for anyone else in the business of using AI to get things done.

Does the rise of artificial intelligence represent more of an opportunity for the world — or a curse? Because for all the clamor about boosted productivity and enhanced human potential, there’s also the rising demand for energy, processor power, memory requirements and ever more bloat on the machine.

AMD's Ryzen AI Max chips came as a huge surprise at CES 2025. They're basically super-powered versions of the company's Ryzen AI hardware with up to 16 CPU cores and 50 RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, alongside a pool of as much as 128GB integrated RAM.

After numerous instances in which Apple’s new Apple Intelligence feature pushed false AI-generated headlines to iOS users, including a headline that claimed a star athlete had come out as gay, Apple will be rolling out an update that will clarify when push notifications consist of AI-generated text.

Dan Ives' supply chain checks indicate that consumers like Apple's AI strategy, suggesting that the iPhone 16 cycle could be "a historical one."

"Despite the steady melt-up in Apple shares over the past few months, there has actually been a steady drumbeat of bad news," an analyst said Tuesday.

One news organization is criticizing Apple for an Apple Intelligence feature that is reporting false information.

Yet, amidst this flurry of advancements, Apple has quietly charted its own path—one rooted in privacy, security, and incremental progress. While some critics perceive Apple as lagging behind in the AI race,