The year 2025 began with a scandal at the BBC – reminds the leading British daily. In January, some users of the app of the world’s largest public radio, television and Internet broadcaster received news that the famous Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal, had admitted to being homosexual. As it turned out, the fake news was generated by an artificial intelligence function that Apple implemented for iPhone users. Because the feature published other false information, the tech giant dropped it.
AI Tips. Unwritten books and the hospital
Another example is the summer reading list published by the Chicago Sun-Times, the city’s second largest newspaper. As it turned out, some of the recommended titles did not exist. The list was prepared by an independent professional who, as he admitted, was helped in his work by artificial intelligence. “It’s easy to make mistakes in journalism,” assures the Financial Times. He points out that newspaper mishaps rarely end in hospital.
The same cannot be said for AI advice. The British daily reports the story of a 60-year-old man who asked a chat for help because he wanted to reduce his salt intake. He asked what he could replace it with and the answer was bromine. Three months later, the US resident was hospitalized with symptoms of paranoia, hallucinations and serious skin lesions. They were all the result of consuming sodium bromide. The event prompted scientists to warn that the use of AI in medical counseling could lead to “unavoidable side effects.”
Fake news AI. And financial matters
Another area where the use of artificial intelligence had the opposite effect was law. In Australia, a senior lawyer apologized for the delay of a judge presiding over a murder case. The reason was to submit applications using artificial intelligence. As it was quickly discovered, the machine had included fictitious calls and non-existent events in the files. “Five months after the public launch of ChatGPT, the database tracking legal rulings on AI mistakes had almost 700 examples,” reports the Financial Times.
Well-known consulting companies have also taken shortcuts and used artificial intelligence. In the fall, global financial services advisor Deloitte was forced to return part of the payment for a report prepared for the Australian government. A document for which Canberra was to pay PLN 290,000. dollars, turned out to be full of errors. One of the world’s most respected financial advisors partially prepared it using AI.
The Financial Times reminds that consulting companies, like many other enterprises, invest billions of dollars in artificial intelligence. They hope that this will help them maintain and even increase their competitiveness. Some of them implement investment programs in the area of AI, making it the foundation of their strategy.
“Financial Times” about AI. She joined the government
The London daily describes with concern the case of the head of the Albanian government. In January, the country started using a digital assistant named Diella, or sun. Its purpose was to advise people in using public services online. In September, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that Diella was joining his cabinet as its first digital minister. A month later, the head of government announced that a non-human, AI-generated woman was pregnant and would have 83 children who would become parliamentary assistants.
He informed that they would participate in the chamber’s meetings, take notes on the proceedings and advise the deputies in writing bills. “This may be a symbolic step because of the country’s constitution [Albania – red.] requires ministers to be citizens over 18 years of age. However, this is disturbing,” reports a leading British daily.
