Apple Reintroduces News Summaries with Disclaimer in Latest Developer Betas

Jul 23, 2025

Apple has released the fourth developer betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and other upcoming software updates. One of the notable changes is the return of notification summaries for news apps powered by Apple Intelligence, which had been previously removed. These summaries were disabled earlier this year in the iOS 18.3 update after reports of inaccurate content. One widely discussed case involved a summary that incorrectly stated Luigi Mangione, accused in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had died by suicide. This information was false and led to complaints from several news organizations. In the latest beta version, users with Apple Intelligence compatible devices will be prompted to choose whether to enable or disable notifications in three general categories: News and Entertainment, Communication and Social, and Other Apps. The system will provide examples from the apps currently installed on the device. The summaries generated by Apple Intelligence are still labeled as being in beta. A new addition is a prominent red disclaimer that appears when enabling News and Entertainment summaries. This message warns users that summarization may alter the meaning of original headlines. The summaries also include a label that reads summarized by Apple Intelligence to help distinguish them from standard notifications. Apple has continued to use visual cues introduced in earlier updates, such as italicized text and a small icon, to indicate that a notification is a summary. Users can also tap on a group of summarized notifications to view the original versions. In addition to these changes, Apple Intelligence is expected to see internal improvements, although specific details have not been shared. Apple executives have previously referenced upgrades to the system architecture that could support a more advanced version of Siri and potentially enhance notification summaries. Apple had announced in June that public beta versions of the new operating systems would arrive in July. With only a short time left in the month, it is likely that the upcoming public beta will be similar to the current developer version. The final versions are expected to become available in the fall, likely in September or October, following Apple’s usual release timeline.