Apple AI notification summaries exist; rarely useful, often hilarious
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6S5DD)
Apple Intelligence is just doing the best it can. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge iPhones, iPads, and Macs with Apple Intelligence now have a unique AI feature that summarizes notifications for you. Starting with iOS / iPadOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1, when multiple notifications pile up for a given app, the tiny LLM that Apple has crammed into our stuff tries its hardest to algorithm up a brief overview for you. (Part of a group text with lots of people? It'll try to tell you what they're discussing.) This is sometimes good. It is very often funny.
I like the way the summaries handle some of my Apple Home notifications - like when I read Garage changed status multiple times; recently closed" in lieu of a stack of messages about my garage door. The wording changes, but without fail (so far), it's been right about whether...