The family of F1 driver Michael Schumacher receives a compensation of 200,000 euros from a German magazine. Last year, it published an alleged interview with the driver, who disappeared from public view after a skiing accident. It turned out to be generated by AI.
The compensation of 200,000 euros will be paid by publisher Funke Mediengruppe, the owner of the magazine in question. That's what ESPN writes. Schumacher's family confirmed to ESPN that it has settled with the magazine. The settlement has been confirmed by the court in Munich, the sports medium reports.
The compensation follows a fake interview with Michael Schumacher, which was published by a German magazine in April last year. The magazine promised an exclusive interview with the former F1 driver on the cover. Only at the end of the article was it stated in small letters that the entire interview had been generated by artificial intelligence. Schumacher fell into a coma in 2013 after a serious skiing accident. He has since disappeared from public view. His family provides little information about his condition.
The family of the former F1 driver already took the magazine to court last year. The publisher previously apologized for the story and fired the editor-in-chief responsible for publishing the article.