German publisher apologises for fake Schumacher AI interview

A German publisher has fired one of its magazine’s editors and apologised to the family of Michael Schumacher for publishing a fake interview generated by AI (Itsuo Inouye/AP/PA)

A German publisher has dismissed one of its magazine editors and apologised to the family of Michael Schumacher for publishing a fake interview with the Formula One great that was generated by artificial intelligence.

“This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeared. It does not in any way correspond to the standards of journalism that we – and our readers – expect from a publisher like Funke,” Funke magazines managing director Bianca Pohlmann said on Saturday.