WSJ Tech Things: Apple’s AI Notification Headache

Hello! How many pairs of long underwear does one pack for the Swiss Alps in January? Asking for a soon-to-be-frostbitten friend. 🥶 Yes, I’m headed to the World Economic Forum’s annual event in Davos, where I’ll be interviewing executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Uber and more. Stay tuned for coverage in next week’s edition.

But first, this week: Why Apple’s AI notification summaries keep getting things wrong and what the company is doing about it. Then the latest on TikTok’s ban, Sonos’s app mess and Samsung’s new phones. 📱💥 Plus: Have ChatGPT proactively chat you up.

Despite what my iPhone’s frequent notification summaries report, my husband isn’t messy, he isn’t sad and he definitely didn’t take out the garbage—because, again, I don’t have one. Wife? Yes. Husband? No.

As part of Apple Intelligence, the company rolled out these AI-powered summaries. Instead of scrolling through a mountain of missed alerts, you get little condensed summaries, grouped by app. Great concept, not quite “intelligent” execution.

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