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Incident 861: Apple Intelligence Reportedly Notified Users That Luigi Mangione Shot Himself and Benjamin Netanyahu Had Been Arrested

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Description: Apple Intelligence reportedly sent push notifications falsely claiming that BBC News had reported Luigi Mangione's suicide and that The New York Times had reported Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest. On 1/16/2025, Apple reportedly disabled Apple Intelligence's notification summaries.
Editor Notes: See also: Incident 892: Apple Intelligence Allegedly Flags Scam Messages as High Priority.

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Alleged: Apple and Apple Intelligence developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed The New York Times , Luigi Mangione , Benjamin Netanyahu , BBC News and Apple Intelligence users.
Alleged implicated AI system: Apple Intelligence

Incident Stats

Incident ID
861
Report Count
9
Incident Date
2024-12-13
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

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Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

3.1. False or misleading information

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Misinformation

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Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

AI

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Unintentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

+6
Apple Intelligence appears to have falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione shot himself
+2
Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Features Summarizing News Notifications - Response
Apple Intelligence appears to have falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione shot himself

Apple Intelligence appears to have falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione shot himself

mashable.com

Apple’s AI summary mangled a BBC headline about Luigi Mangione

Apple’s AI summary mangled a BBC headline about Luigi Mangione

theverge.com

BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster

BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster

theguardian.com

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline

bbc.com

‘Luigi Mangione shoots himself’: Apple’s AI sparks outrage with false BBC alert

‘Luigi Mangione shoots himself’: Apple’s AI sparks outrage with false BBC alert

msn.com

Apple’s AI Disastrously Rewrote a BBC Headline to Say Luigi Mangione Shot Himself

Apple’s AI Disastrously Rewrote a BBC Headline to Say Luigi Mangione Shot Himself

gizmodo.com

Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Features Summarizing News Notifications

Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Features Summarizing News Notifications

nytimes.com

Apple’s Notifications Summaries Were So Bad It’s Just Turning Them Off

Apple’s Notifications Summaries Were So Bad It’s Just Turning Them Off

gizmodo.com

iOS 18.3 temporarily disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps, more

iOS 18.3 temporarily disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps, more

9to5mac.com

Apple Intelligence appears to have falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione shot himself
mashable.com · 2024

Apple Intelligence allegedly misled BBC News readers and BBC News isn't happy about it.

In a story reported by BBC News itself, the outlet accused Apple's suite of AI features (which includes the ability to summarize news headlines in push …

Apple’s AI summary mangled a BBC headline about Luigi Mangione
theverge.com · 2024

We’ve already seen our fair share of bad Apple Intelligence-summarized notifications, but now that the feature is live in the UK, the BBC isn’t finding it so funny. The summarized notification mucked up a BBC headline about the UnitedHealth…

BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster
theguardian.com · 2024

The BBC says it has filed a complaint with the US tech giant Apple over AI-generated fake news that was shared on iPhones and attributed to the broadcaster.

Apple Intelligence, which was launched in Britain this week, produces grouped notif…

BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
bbc.com · 2024

The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.

Apple Intelligence, launched in the UK earlier this week, uses artificial intelligence (A…

‘Luigi Mangione shoots himself’: Apple’s AI sparks outrage with false BBC alert
msn.com · 2024

Apple is facing criticism after its AI-powered notification feature, Apple Intelligence, falsely attributed a shocking headline to the BBC, claiming, "Luigi Mangione shoots himself." The misleading alert suggested that Mangione, the suspect…

Apple’s AI Disastrously Rewrote a BBC Headline to Say Luigi Mangione Shot Himself
gizmodo.com · 2024

Apple has only just begun rolling out a much-hyped suite of AI features for its devices, and we are already seeing major problems. Case in point, the BBC has complained to Apple after an AI-powered notification summary rewrote a BBC headlin…

Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Features Summarizing News Notifications
nytimes.com · 2025
Tripp Mickle post-incident response

Less than six months after rolling out a series of artificial intelligence features, Apple is disabling one of its signature capabilities: aggregating and summarizing news notifications.

The company revealed the change on Thursday in a soft…

Apple’s Notifications Summaries Were So Bad It’s Just Turning Them Off
gizmodo.com · 2025
Thomas Maxwell post-incident response

Apple is making changes to its AI-powered notification summaries following complaints. In a new beta version of iOS 18, the company has completely turned off the summaries for news apps, and it will use italics to better distinguish summari…

iOS 18.3 temporarily disables Apple Intelligence notification summaries for select apps, more
9to5mac.com · 2025
Chance Miller post-incident response

Apple released iOS 18.3 beta 3 to developers this afternoon. The update includes a handful of changes to the notification summaries feature of Apple Intelligence.

Update 4:30 p.m. ET: A new public beta is also now available with these chang…

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