Chief editor of the German magazine Die Aktuelle. published a fake interview of Michael Schumacher, made by artificial intelligence.was fired, the media group Funke said today, Saturday.

“This bad taste and misleading article, should never have been published. This is in no way up to the standards of journalism that we and our readers expect from a group like Funke,” said Bianca Polman, Director of Magazines at Funke Group, in a related press release.

“Die Aktuelle Editor-in-Chief Ann Hoffmann, who has led the magazine since 2009, is relieved of her duties as of this Saturday,” Pohlmann added, apologizing to the family of the German Formula One “legend”.

Last Wednesday, a celebrity news magazine published an “interview” and said it was created by artificial intelligence.

The text included quotes attributed to Schumacher relating to his family life after the 2013 crash in the French Alps, as well as his state of health.

“My life changed dramatically after the accident. It has been very hard on my wife, my children and my entire family,” the Formula One great, among other things, is reported to have said in an alleged interview.

“I was so badly injured that I was in an induced coma for several months, because otherwise my body would not have been able to withstand all this,” Schumacher allegedly continues in the text, which concludes that the alleged statements were the product of AI.

After this publication, the Schumacher family, announced his intention to file a complaint.

The family of 54-year-old Schumacher carefully guards the privacy of the former champion, who has not appeared in public since the accident and has not received any information about his health since.

Source: APE-Guardian