Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines. The tech giant had been facing mounting pressure to withdraw the service, which sent notifications that appeared to come from within news organisations' apps.

Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners. The decision was disclosed Thursday as part of a test version for the next software release,

On Friday, Apple ( AAPL, Financial) temporarily paused the use of artificial intelligence-generated news summaries in its news applications because of accuracy concerns. The decision comes after reports of huge errors in the output of the AI system, in particular those identified by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).