The editor of Die Aktuelle was fired two days after the article was published and Funke media, the publishers of the magazine, issued an apology to the Schumacher family. Schumacher, who shares a record of seven F1 titles with Lewis Hamilton, has not been seen in public since a skiing accident in 2013 that resulted in severe head injuries.
Key takeaways:
- Michael Schumacher's family has been awarded 200,000 euros (£170,212) compensation from the publishers of a magazine that printed an artificial intelligence-generated 'interview' with the former Formula 1 driver.
- The German publication Die Aktuelle ran a picture of Schumacher on the front cover of its edition in April 2023 with a headline of "Michael Schumacher, the first interview" which turned out to be generated by AI.
- The editor of Die Aktuelle was sacked two days after the article was published, with Funke media apologising to the family.
- Schumacher has not been seen in public since suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013 and his medical condition has been kept private by his family.