Apple's inaccurate AI news alerts shows the tech has a growing misinformation problem

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

Last week, a feature recently launched by Apple that summarizes users' notifications using AI, pushed out inaccurately summarized BBC News app notifications on the broadcaster's story about the PDC World Darts Championship semifinal, falsely claiming British darts player Luke Littler had won the championship.

The incident happened a day before the actual tournament's final, which Littler did go on to win.

Then, just hours after that incident occurred, a separate notification generated by Apple Intelligence, the tech giant's AI system, falsely claimed that Tennis legend Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.

The BBC has been trying for about a month to get Apple to fix the problem. The British state broadcaster complained to Apple in December after its AI feature generated a false headline suggesting that Luigi Mangione, the man arrested following the murder of health insurance firm UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, had shot himself — which never happened.

Apple was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC. On Monday, Apple told the BBC that it's working on an update to resolve the problem by adding a clarification that shows when Apple Intelligence is responsible for the text displayed in the notifications. Currently, generated news notifications show up as coming directly from the source.

"Apple Intelligence features are in beta and we are continuously making improvements with the help of user feedback," the company said in a statement shared with the BBC. Apple added that it's encouraging users to report a concern if they view an "unexpected