Michael Schumacher

A magazine editor has learned the hard way about the ethical limits of using generative-AI after she was fired for running an “interview” with F1 motor racing legend Michael Schumacher using quotations that were actually from a chatbot. Seven-time F1 world champion Schumacher has been out of the public eye since 2013 when he sustained severe head injuries in a skiing accident during a vacation in France. The German tabloid magazine, Die Aktuelle, showcased the article on a recent front page with a photo of the…

A German publisher has fired one of its magazine's editors and apologized 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.Pohlmann said Funke was firing the chief editor…

The publishers of a German magazine that ran an 'interview' with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologised to the Formula One great's family.Seven-times world champion Schumacher, now 54, has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013.His family said this week that they were planning legal action against weekly magazine Die Aktuelle, owned by the Essen-based Funke media…

Paris: The stricken seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is in Paris' Georges-Pompidou hospital for cell therapy surgery, according to French daily Le Parisien. The Paris hospitals department, contacted by AFP, refused to confirm or deny the news citing medical privacy laws. But according to Le Parisien, the 50-year-old German is in the cardiovascular department overseen by surgeon Philippe Menasche, described as a 'pioneer in cell surgery against heart failure'. Schumacher will receive stem…