Michael Schumacher’s family have been awarded €200,000 ($216,360) compensation from the writer of a German tabloid journal after the title printed a man-made intelligence (AI) generated ‘interview’ with the adorned Formula One star.
In April final yr, Die Aktuelle ran a front-page splash with the picture of the now-55-year-old with the headline, ‘”Michael Schumacher, the primary interview”. An accompanying strapline learn, “It sounded deceptively real”, however the article revealed AI had created the purported quotes.
The seven-time world champion was severely injured in a snowboarding accident on vacation within the French Alps, again in December 2013, struggling a traumatic mind damage that required him to be put into an induced coma.
Since he returned dwelling in September 2014, his family has fastidiously guarded his privateness together with his full situation comparatively unknown. Schumacher has not been seen in public for the reason that tragic accident with solely shut kinfolk having contact with the previous racing driver.
Further background to the Schumacher incident
On Wednesday (May 22), a family spokesperson confirmed the ruling of a Munich Labour Court judgment, which included a settlement with Funke media group, publishers of Die Aktuelle. No additional remark was made.
That adopted an apology to the family final April, whereas the editor of the journal, Anne Hoffmann, was fired.
“This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeared. It in no way meets the standards of journalism that we, and our readers, expect,” stated Bianca Pohlmann, managing director of Funke.
“As a results of the publication of this text, instant personnel penalties will probably be drawn.
Schumacher received two of his Formula 1 titles with Benetton in 1994 and 1995, whereas he secured 5 in a row for Ferrari from 2000 to 2004. He shares his file of seven F1 world titles with Lewis Hamilton, who surpassed the previous’s tally of 91 profession race wins, in 2020.
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