Magazine editor behind AI-generated Michael Schumacher 'interview' sacked

The editor of a German magazine responsible for publishing an artificial intelligence-generated ‘interview’ with F1 legend Michael Schumacher has been sacked. 
Magazine editor behind fake Michael Schumacher interview sacked

Die Aktuelle, a weekly German gossip magazine, claimed on their front cover that they had an exclusive interview with the seven-time world champion, who has not been since in public since ꦛhe suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013. 

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The front cover 𓄧featured a photo of a smiling Schumacher promising “the first interview”. An accompanying strapline added: “it sounded deceptively real”🅠. 

In🌳side, it was revealed thꦯe quotes had been produced by AI. 

"I can with the help of my team actually stand by myself and even slowly walk a few s📖♑teps," the quotes read. 

"My♒ wife and my children were a blessing to me and without them I would not have managed it. Naturally they are also very sad, how it has all hap𝓰pened.

"They support me and are st♒a🌊nding firmly at my side.”

The publication has offered an apology to Schumacher’s family, who are 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:planning legal action against Die Aktuelle. 

"This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeared. It in no way meets the standards of journalism that we - and our readers - expect," said Bianca Pohlmann, managing d൩irecto𓆉r of Funke media group.

"As a result of the publication of this 🌃article, immediate personnel consequences will be drawn.

"Die𝓀 Aktuelle editor-in-chief Anne Hoffmann, who has held journalistic responsibility for the paper🌼 since 2009, will be relieved of her duties as of today."

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