Jake Peterson

Jake Peterson Senior Technology Editor

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Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, and subscriptions.

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May 1, 2026

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Key Takeaways

A Reddit post suggests that Apple Intelligence is making up words in notification summaries.

The poster shared that some summaries included the fake word "imbixtent."

Some commenters shared fake words Apple Intelligence has shown them, including "flemulating," "tranqued," and "stricively."

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As powerful as LLMs can be, all have one shared weakness: hallucination . For reasons beyond our understanding, AI models have a habit of making things up, totally out of the blue.…