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AI news and entertainment summaries return to iOS 26.
The feature has a tendency to inaccurately summarize information.
Apple offers a disclaimer before enabling the feature.
AI can handle a lot well, including computational tasks, schedule coordination, and answering simple questions, but one area it tends to struggle with is message summarization.
If you've tested out AI summaries in your Messages app, you've probably seen the AI attempt to summarize the text you just got, only to fall short in quickly, correctly, and concisely paraphrasing. I've seen this feature regularly miss the mark when a friend sends me several messages in a row that aren't all related.
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So when Apple brought AI notification summaries back to its news and entertainment apps with iOS 26, the feature came with a disclaimer. Now, when choosing which apps Apple's AI will summarize, iPhone users see disclaimers next to the choice for news and entertainment apps.
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