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Apple AI notification summaries exist; rarely useful, often hilarious
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... Continue reading...
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