Michael Schumacher’s family has been awarded 200,000 euros ($216,360) in compensation from the publisher of a German tabloid magazine after the title printed an artificial intelligence (AI) generated ‘interview’ with the revered Formula One star.
In April last year, present An image of the now 55-year-old Schumacher appeared in a splash on the front page with the headline, ‘”Michael Schumacher, the first interview”. Along with the strapline was, “It looked deceptively real”, but the article revealed Hey had prepared the alleged quotes.
The seven-time world champion was seriously injured in a skiing accident while holidaying in the French Alps in December 2013, which left him with a severe brain injury and put him in a coma.
Since returning home in September 2014, his family has carefully maintained their privacy and has remained relatively uninformed about his full condition. Schumacher has not been seen in public since the tragic accident and only close relatives have been in contact with the former racing driver.
Further background to the Schumacher incident
On Wednesday (22 May), a family spokesman confirmed the Munich Labor Court’s ruling, which included a settlement with the Funke media group, publisher of Die Aktuelle. No further comment was made.
After this, the editor of the magazine apologized to the family last April. Anne Hoffman, was fired.
Bianca Pohlmann, managing director of Funke, said: “This tasteless and misleading article should never have been published. It in no way meets the journalistic standards that we and our readers expect.”
“As a result of the publication of this article, there will be immediate personnel consequences.
Schumacher He won two Formula 1 titles with Benetton in 1994 and 1995, while he won five consecutive titles for Ferrari from 2000 to 2004. He shares the record of seven F1 world titles with Lewis Hamilton, who surpassed the former’s tally of 91 career race wins in 2020.
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