New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- SAN FRANCISCO - Apple spent the better part of two years as the company whose AI assistant fabricated the news. Its Apple Intelligence notification summaries told users that a jury had reached a verdict before any verdict came; invented a story attributing a gay coming-out to Rafael Nadal; and misreported that teenage darts champion Luke Littler had lost a match he had actually won. A red disclaimer was eventually added to the summaries. The stories kept happening anyway.

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The company is negotiating multiyear licensing agreements with news publishers to supply Siri with real-time information, The Wall Street Journal reported this week. Apple has committed a nine-figure budget to ...