Apple has just rolled iOS 18.3 for iPhones, but a new standard setting that hides in the software update automatically makes a 'dangerous' function possible.
Before the update, iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro/Max users had to manually enable Apple Intelligence in their settings, but now the AI functions are switched on as standard.
Apple Intelligence not only draws information from apps and Tack promotion in it, the technology requires a lot of storage to do this.
Tech experts warned that the AI system will take up 7 GB, regardless of which device it is active.
That is why it comes to switching on Apple Intelligence on your iPhone with certain risks.
If you have downloaded iOS 18.3, but do not want the AI system to be switched on, you must manually change the standard setting.
To do this, open the Settings app, scroll down and select Apple Intelligence & Siri.
Then switch off Apple Intelligence and confirm 'Apple Intelligence' if requested.
iOS 18.3 will switch on Apple Intelligence as standard, which means that the AI functions are switched on automatically. Users must manually turn this out in settings if they do not want Apple Intelligence functions
Apple Intelligence, released in December, is an artificial intelligence system that is integrated into the latest iPhone models.
It has a series of new AI-driven functions and possibilities in your iPhone to streamline the daily tasks, according to Apple.
Some experts have called the AI system 'dangerous', in particular in reference to the function of the report.
AI uses this function to condense multiple reports of the same apple in a single, short summary 'to read them more concise and easier,' says Apple.
But on various occasions, reporting entrepreneurships have incorrectly interpreted reports, which generates misleading or completely inaccurate news heads.
Petros iosifidis, a professor in the media policy at City University in London, BBC News said that there are possible benefits to these kinds of functions, “but the technology is not there yet and there is a real danger to spreading disinformation.”
In December BBC News filed a complaint with Apple after this AI function made it falsely as if the BBC wrote an article that Luigi Mangione claimed, the man who was arrested after the murder of the CEO of Healthcare Brian Thompson, had shot himself.
On November 21, the New York Times suffered from a similar error. The AI grouped three articles together in one notification, where the first part reads 'Netanyahu' reads, referring to the Israeli Prime Minister, who was incorrect.
Experts have called Apple Intelligence 'Dangerous' because of the functions for notifications
This function is disabled for news and entertainment reports in iOS 18.3, but there are other concerns to consider, such as data security and storage exhaust
Apple has since eliminated the position for reports of news and entertainment and says that this is the work to solve the problem.
But summaries of reports can still summarize other types of reports, such as your messages. And it is known that it is also messed up.
One X user placed a screenshot of Apple Intelligence's attempt to summarize a text by their mother.
It said: “tried suicide, but recovered and walked in Redlands and Palm Springs,” when the actual message apparently sheed: “That walk almost killed me!”
In addition to the dangers of incorrectly displaying facts, some experts have shared the privacy problems about Apple Intelligence.
Generative AI models analyze data through learning patterns and structures in large datasets that can be found in iPhone apps
Apple -intelligence on your iPhone comes up with certain risks. If you have downloaded iOS 18.3, but do not want the AI system to be switched on, you must change the setting manually
Chip Hallett, Data Privacy enthusiast and author of the Ultimate Privacy Playbook, has warned that Apple Intelligence has access to sensitive information stored in your apps.
“Apple Intelligence will learn how to use your bank apps, your financial apps and your location cards,” Hallett claimed.
The AI also has access to other forms of personal information, such as your SMS messages, photos, videos, calendar events and health and fitness data.
Generative AI models analyze data through learning patterns and structures in large datasets that can be found in iPhone apps.
The Privacy page of Apple Intelligence ensures users that their data is not stored, but also states that the function 'identifies the data required to provide a generative model to help you best'.
The tech giant has also said that Apple Intelligence data is encrypted, in particular through the 'private cloud calculation' system from Apple.
But this would not prevent malignant third parties from exploiting AI.
According to Securityintelligence.com, continuous data collection can lead to an analysis, which is the basis of Apple Intelligence, to unauthorized access or abuse of personal information.
AI virtual assistants such as Siri can, for example, take frequent screenshots to personalize user experiences, which makes significant privacy problems.
In addition, AI systems can be vulnerable to cyber attacks, especially if they process sensitive sensitive data.
