Magazine editor fired over fake Schumacher interview
The editor of a German magazine that purported to publish an interview with Michael Schumacher has been fired .
Die Aktuelle published an edition earlier this week bearing the words " Michael Schumacher , The First Interview, World Sensation", along with a picture of the seven-time World Champion.
In much smaller type, the magazine also printed the words "It sounds deceptively real", indicating that the so-called interview was actually created by an AI chatbot.
Die Aktuelle 's publishers on Friday apologised to the Schumacher family and announced the dismissal of editor-in-chief Anne Hoffmann.
"This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeared. It in no way corresponds to the standards of journalism that we - and our readers - expect from a publisher like Funke," said Bianca Pohlmann, Managing Director of Funke Magazines . Viewed by others: ...