Subj : 'I would never claim that its 100%: Tim Cook says Apple cant guar To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Jun 12 2024 13:00:05 'I would never claim that its 100%: Tim Cook says Apple cant guarantee its AI wont screw up Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:49:33 +0000 Description: Tim Cook knows that Apple Intelligence isn't perfect, and I hope Siri isn't afraid to admit that, too. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Unless youve been hiding under a tin-foil covered rock, youll know that Apple has entered the game with its own AI Apple Intelligence . Apple has spent much of the time since the WWDC 2024 keynote reveal on June 10 highlighting how its AI is better than the competition, even though it'll be teaming up with ChatGPT , and eventually Gemini . But theres one common AI complaint even Apple cannot solve: accuracy. In an interview with The Washington Post (the piece is behind a paywall), CEO Tim Cook admitted that while [Apple] has done everything that we know to do he cant say Apple Intelligence will be perfectly accurate adding I am confident it will be very high quality, but Id say in all honesty thats short of 100 percent. That seems like a realistic assertion, given some of the high-profile AI gaffes we've seen in recent months. Firstly, there were Google's AI Overviews , which is still an experimental feature but gave many results that were either wrong or bizarre following its wider US rollout. Then there was time in February that ChatGPT seemed to have an off day and became even creepier than usual . Apple's play with Apple Intelligence seems to be to separate itself from those high-profile mistakes, by handling more limited on-device AI processing itself and then sending you to ChatGPT for queries that need cloud servers . That could be a smart move, but even Apple can't promise that its AI-powered features won't go off the rails on some occasions, it seems. Opinion: Built-in humility is a must-have feature (Image credit: Meta) While some of us may look at this statement as an admission of failure from Tim Cook, I see it as yet another success of Apples approach to AI and I seriously hope this honest appreciation of AIs flaws is reflected in the responses Apple Intelligence provides. Ive been testing the Meta AI used by its Ray-Ban smart glasses collaboration a fair bit recently, and my favorite response to hear is I dont know or some variant of that. Listening to some press conferences on AI youd go away believing its a technological messiah here to solve all of lifes woes; but its not. AI is a mere mortal with all the same flaws youd find in the human-made content it has been trained on. This means there will be gaps in the AIs knowledge, misunderstandings developed based on inaccuracies in the data it ingests, and biases that are baked into its core interpretations of the world because theyre baked into ours. The perfect AI isnt a virtual assistant that confidently spouts error-ridden answers its a system that is able to unapologetically hold its digital hands up and admit it doesnt have a good answer. This might be a challenge to implement, but one form could simply be an automatic version of the 'Double-check response' feature in Google Gemini where the AI fact checks itself using Google Search. If it finds supporting articles for its points from a reliable source it highlights the sentence in green and adds a hyperlink; if Google Search returns no reliable support, or conflicting results then the sentence gets a red highlight and an explanation. Automatic citations, and clear indications of when the AI is and isnt confident in its answer should come as standard especially because upon seeing these admissions Im not less trusting in the AI, I trust it more. Apple Intelligence hasnt even launched in beta yet so we havent had the chance to see how it works in practice, but I seriously hope Siri follows Tim Cook's lead and isn't afraid to proudly admit when it's not 100% confident or accurate. You might also like Apple reveals Apple Intelligence as its gambit in the personal AI arena Apple WWDC 2024 13 things we learned including what Apple Intelligence is and why a Calculator app can be exciting Apple WWDC 2024 keynote as it happened: Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, iOS 18 and much, much more ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/i-would-never-claim-that-its-100-tim-c ook-says-apple-cant-guarantee-its-ai-wont-screw-up --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .