The German weekly Die aktuelle, has published on its front page a false “interview” with Michael Shumacher. The answers have been generated by Artificial Intelligence. The magazine has sold the interview as “the first” the seven-time champion has had since he had a ski accident in 2013 and calls it a “world sensation”.
Since the Formula 1 world champion suffered a ski accident in 2013, his state of health has been a mystery. Nothing has been known due to the express will of his wife and his family.
The magazine publishes a close-up of the athlete with the words “worldwide sensation”. The conversation was generated through a website that simulates the responses, but the magazine does not specify this information until almost the end of the “interview.”
The “interview”, without a signature, published on the 15th, has generated a wave of indignation in Germany that has quickly crossed borders through the networks, in which the general public and many journalists have denounced unscrupulous and unethical behavior. of the magazine.
“Publishing an “exclusive interview” with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence… What a lack of decency”:
“This is disgusting”:
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