Schumacher's family wins €200,000 compensation for AI 'interview'

admin admin | 05-23 08:15

Michael Schumacher's family has secured €200,000 compensation from the publishers of a German magazine that printed an AI-generated 'interview' with the seven times Formula One world champion.

A family spokeswoman confirmed a Munich Labour Court judgment and settlement by Funke media group, publishers of Die Aktuelle, without making any further comment.

The magazine's editor was sacked last year, with Funke apologising to his family.

The 55-year-old German 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.

The Ferrari great's family maintains strict privacy about the former driver's condition, with access limited to those closest to him.

Die Aktuelle published a front cover in April 2023 with a picture of a smiling Michael Schumacher and the headline promising "Michael Schumacher, the first interview".

The strapline added that "it sounded deceptively real" but inside the 'quotes' were revealed to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

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