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Sports Illustrated Is Alleged to Have Used AI to Invent Fake Authors and Their Articles

November 27, 2023

The Arena Group-managed Sports Illustrated magazine has been accused of utilizing AI to create fictitious authors and content, undermining journalistic integrity. Deceptive author profiles, complete with AI-generated images, were published alongside articles, misleading readers. The revelation came after inconsistencies in the identities and writing quality of the authors were detected, prompting removal of this content from Sports Illustrated's website.

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Alleged deployer
the-arena-group, sports-illustrated
Alleged developer
unknown
Alleged harmed parties
general-public, readers-of-sports-illustrated, journalistic-integrity

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/616

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