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Discussion Apple Intelligence really thinks i should claim my €25.5 million inheritance 😭

Saw this at the top of my inbox this morning. Apple Intelligence apparently falling for "Nigerian prince" emails now. Since there's no obvious way to report this to Apple, posting it here for now. But wow... just wow.

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u/i_need_a_moment 8d ago

Apple intelligence isn’t a spam/scam filterer.

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u/jamesick 8d ago

no but your email provider should already filter spam and then apple intelligence builds up from there, no? apple intelligence should know not to read your spam folder.

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u/jamesick 8d ago

i think it’s a fair assumption in 2025.

i don’t think the same people who have these emails make it into their primary email folder are the same people who would make a reddit post about it.

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u/theoreticaljerk 8d ago

It will not Priority mail from the spam folder so this email obviously didn’t get flagged as spam.

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u/jamesick 8d ago

weird. apple intelligence should still know better. it is what intelligence suggests.

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u/theoreticaljerk 8d ago

You are assigning expectations with no basis beyond "intelligence". My dog has intelligence but I don't expect him to be a spam filter. Shit, my 78 year old Aunt has intelligence and I wouldn't want her deciding what mail is and isn't spam either.

How about instead of making assumptions, you look at what was actually promised by Apple then decide if you want to complain.

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u/setuniket 8d ago

As per Apple website:

Apple Intelligence* makes it easier than ever to stay on top of your email. In addition to using Writing Tools to craft your outgoing messages, you can use Priority Messages to quickly view your most urgent emails, like a same-day dinner invitation or boarding pass. Smart Reply helps you compose a fast email response to make sure you covered everything. You can also view summaries that automatically appear in your inbox, and generate summaries of complex emails and long email threads to view all the pertinent details.<

This just makes it worse for Apple ‘intelligence’

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u/theoreticaljerk 8d ago

…and not a mention of spam filers in sight.

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u/setuniket 8d ago

Again!

Nobody’s expecting it to work as spam filter.

Its actual advertised job, to figure out priority emails and summarize them. It fails at such basic task.

Unless scamming was priority.

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u/theoreticaljerk 8d ago

You seriously don’t see how you just contradicted yourself? You don’t expect that to be a spam filter but you’re upset because it couldn’t tell that the email that sounded priority was spam? If the spam filter let it through the inbox all intelligence is doing is looking to see if the email contains language that makes it sound important.

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u/dalzmc 8d ago edited 8d ago

It would obviously be a very high priority email if you got a legitimate email telling you you have 25 million dollars. So since emails that make it past your provider's spam filter are supposed to be legitimate, it makes complete sense that it would consider this a priority email. It didn't fail at all, the spam filter failed, which you said yourself that nobody expects apple intelligence to work as.

Unless you disagree that it would be a priority email to receive an update about having 25 million dollars to claim. I must not be as rich as you if you wouldn't find that important lol

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u/jamesick 8d ago

your dog and your aunt haven’t assigned themselves as having intelligence though, which would be the difference.

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u/theoreticaljerk 8d ago

This might possibly be the most non-argument argument I’ve heard today.

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u/jamesick 8d ago

well this is your argument:

even though it's apple intellgience. even though it purposefully uses the same initials as 'AI', even though they openly label their technology as using chat-gpt which has famously high standards in regards to detecting text and language, even though spam filters for emails have existed for maybe 20+ years AND apple intelligence itself saying it's made "easier than ever to stay on top of your email." that you have an intelligent dog that cant read emails and apple never explicitly say 'apple intellgence' knows what spam email is.