Sports Illustrated Is Alleged to Have Used AI to Invent Fake Authors and Their Articles
November 27, 2023
Sports Illustrated, managed by The Arena Group, allegedly used AI-generated authors and content, compromising journalistic integrity. Profiles of these fictitious authors, complete with AI-generated headshots, appeared alongside articles, misleading readers. The issue was exposed when inconsistencies in author identities and writing quality were noticed, leading to the removal of this content from the publication's website.
- Alleged deployer
- the-arena-group, sports-illustrated
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- general-public, readers-of-sports-illustrated, journalistic-integrity
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/616
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