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

December 13, 2024

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.
Alleged deployer
apple
Alleged developer
apple
Alleged harmed parties
the-new-york-times, luigi-mangione, benjamin-netanyahu, bbc-news, apple-intelligence-users

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