Family of F1 legend Michael Schumacher plans legal action over fake AI interview
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Michael Schumacher pictured in the pits of the Autodromo Nazionale circuit on September 10th, 2010. | Image: Fred Dufour / AFP via Getty Images The family of Formula 1 racing legend Michael Schumacher is preparing to take legal action against Die Aktuelle, a German tabloid magazine, for publishing an AI-generated interview" with the star. The publication ran a front cover spread earlier this week promising an exclusive with Schumacher, accompanied by a tag referring to the piece as the first interview" since the F1 star suffered a serious brain injury during a skiing accident in December 2013.
No meager, nebulous half-sentences from friends," reads the translated text on the magazine cover. But answers from him! By Michael Schumacher, 54!" A strapline calling the interview deceptively real" is the only indication on the cover that the piece wasn't authentic. Die Aktuelle,...