German magazine Die Aktuelle fired editor-in-chief Anne Hofmann for conducting a fictional interview with seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher.
How to inform RaceNews365Under the guise of the words of a German racer, a journalist published a text produced by a neural network.
This material came out with the title: “Michael Schumacher, first interview, world sensation.” The relatives of the legendary athlete were preparing to appeal to the court.
Bianca Polman, general manager of the Funke media group, apologized to readers and Michael Schumacher’s family, saying Anne Hofmann would be fired after this text was published.
Recall that Schumacher suffered a head injury while skiing in France in 2013. In 2014, doctors brought him out of a coma, after which the athlete was given a rehabilitation course.
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