And while AI can lead to business impact and productivity gains, it can also be "unreal and dystopian," one Apple Intelligence user discovered. On Thursday, Nick Spreen, an app developer based in New York,

When Nick Spreen installed the beta of iOS 18.1 to try out upcoming Apple Intelligence features, he probably didn’t expect to receive an AI-generated summary of breakup texts from his then girlfriend.

The notification was created by an early version of Apple Intelligence's text message summary feature. The tool summarized multiple breakup texts from his girlfriend with the words, "No longer in a relationship;

Ouch That's cold. Apple's latest iOS software update includes a series of generative AI-enabled "Apple Intelligence" upgrades. Among the many upgrades is the option to receive message "summaries," or AI-drafted summarizations of unread messages.

Breakup messages are always painful to receive. Even when the sender is trying their best to be gentle and mindful of your feelings. Of course, not everyone is quite so adept at conveying difficult news in a damage-limitation parcel.

You can thank Apple Intelligence, and all the new AI-powered changes, that Apple is currently testing with its latest betas. Among a number of new features is notification summaries: Apple Intelligence reads through your notifications,