Apple Intelligence is falling for phishing emails, and that could cost iPhone users
The AI-powered filter is prioritizing scam emails instead of discarding them.
JoriPress
- Apple Intelligence is marking phishing emails as a priority in the Mail app on iOS 18.1 developer beta 1.
- The AI-powered filter seemingly disregards the sender’s address and only determines an email’s importance by scanning its text.
- Apple must address this severe flaw before iOS 18.1’s public release, as it could make average users fall for more scams.
Apple Intelligence is arguably iOS 18’s most significant highlight, baking native AI features into the OS. While the technology likely won’t debut publicly until October, the company has already given iOS 18.1 beta testers an early look. One of its perks is AI summaries in the Mail app. Through this handy Apple Intelligence feature, users can save time, determine emails’ importance at a glance, get locked out of their accounts, and possibly lose considerable sums of money.
Yes, you’ve read that right. Apple Intelligence, indeed, can’t differentiate between phishing and legitimate emails. According to multiple Reddit users, the AI-powered filter in the Mail app is marking scam emails as a priority. This suggests that the technology categorizes emails based only on their texts, disregarding the senders’ addresses and other relevant signals.
