The tabloid has also apologized to the Formula One legend’s family.
The editor-in-chief of a German magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated ‘interview’ with Michael Schumacher has been sacked. BBC informed of. The tabloid Die Aktuelle has also apologized to the Formula One legend’s family.
“This tasteless and misleading article should never have surfaced. This in no way meets the standards of journalism that we and our readers expect from a publisher like Funke.” discarded magazines,
”As a result of the publication of this article, the personnel results will be taken out immediately. Die Aktuelle’s editor-in-chief Anne Hoffmann, who has been in charge of the newspaper’s journalism since 2009, will be relieved of her duties from today,” he said.
On 15 April Die Actual published a smiling photograph of the 54-year-old man on the front cover with the headline: “Michael Schumacher, first interview.” Added to the title was a subtitle that read: “It looked deceptively real.”
The fake interview appears on page eight of the magazine with the headline, “My life has completely changed,” and includes fictional quotes attributed to Mr. Schumacher, who discusses his family life since the accident and his medical condition. We do. However, per the article, it becomes clear that the interview was produced by AI.
A few days ago the Schumacher family confirmed it was planning to take legal action against the German magazine.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has not been seen in public since suffering a head injury in a skiing accident in December 2013. Reports suggest that Schumacher has memory, movement and speech problems and is being looked after at home near Geneva.
In a 2021 Netflix documentary, Schumacher’s wife Corinna said: “We stay at home together. We do therapy. To make Michael better and make sure he’s comfortable, and just give him a sense of our family, our bond.” We do everything we can to make that feel.” We are trying to move forward as a family, the way Michael likes it and still does. And we are moving on with our lives.
Mr Schumacher retired from F1 in 2012 after three seasons with Mercedes and was replaced by Lewis Hamilton at the team.