A major journalism group is urging Apple to drop its new Apple Intelligence feature that summarizes news alerts after the program alerted that Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself.

Reporters Without Borders, an international nonprofit organization that advocates the freedom of the press, asked Apple to drop its feature after Apple Intelligence sent an alert that said, “Luigi Mangione shoots himself; Syrian mother hopes Assad pays the price; South Korea police raid Yoon Suk Yeol’s office.”

The BBC has also asked Apple to stop offering the service, which went live in the United Kingdom last week.

Apple Intelligence is an artificial intelligence service that performs a range of functions for its users, including text generation, image manipulation, and summarizing news alerts. AI has been known to “hallucinate” or fabricate information based on the fact that it “looks” legitimate to its AI model. AI takes data and extrapolates results based on patterns in that data, which can lead to inaccurate information being generated.

“The Apple Intelligence feature launched in the UK on 11 December by the company behind the iPhone took less than forty-eight hours to demonstrate that its new generative AI tool is incapable of producing reliable information in a consistant, trustworthy manner,” Reporters Without Borders said.

“AIs are probability machines, and facts can’t be decided by a roll of the dice,” Technology and Journalism Desk Head Vincent Berthier said. “RSF calls on Apple to act responsibly by removing this feature. The automated production of false information attributed to a media outlet is a blow to the outlet’s credibility and a danger to the public’s right to reliable information on current affairs. The European AI Act — despite being the most advanced legislation in the world in this area — did not classified information-generating AIs as high-risk systems, leaving a critical legal vacuum. This gap must be filled immediately.”

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Mangione did not shoot himself, fatally or otherwise, and is currently being extradited to New York. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office was raided after he declared martial law over opposition in the country’s legislature.

Apple Intelligence ran into problems in November when it alerted that the New York Times reported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.