Apple’s new Siri Recap will summarize your conversations. It doesn’t keep transcripts, so who’s to say Siri was wrong?
Probably not us. New research shows AI can rewrite our memories.
Today’s Washington Post features an MIT study where subjects shown AI-altered photos remembered things that never happened, and were more confident in them.
In a second Georgetown study, people watched a video of a car hitting a pedestrian after running a stop sign. After reading an AI summary saying it ran a yield sign, only 45% remembered correctly vs 84% with an accurate version. Knowing the summary was AI-written didn’t help.
Human review is a core tenet of most AI use policies. But if AI mistakes become our memories, the value of that review erodes.
When Google came along, we stopped remembering facts because they were one search away. But Google gave us the source to check.
AI meeting summaries replace the source. Companies that make them should be held to a high accuracy standard. And wherever you can, keep the transcript.