<p>Michael Schumacher's family has secured 200,000 euros (Rs 1,80,72,200) compensation from the publishers of a German magazine that printed an AI-generated 'interview' with the seven times Formula One world champion.</p>.AI’s black boxes just got a little less mysterious.<p>A family spokeswoman on Wednesday confirmed a Munich Labour Court judgement and settlement by Funke media group, publishers of the magazine <em>Die Aktuelle</em>, without making any further comment.</p><p>The magazine's editor was sacked last year, with Funke apologising to Schumacher's family.</p><p>Ferrari great Schumacher, now 55, has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013.</p><p>Schumacher's family maintains strict privacy about the former driver's condition, with access limited to those closest to him.</p><p><em>Die Aktuelle</em> ran a front cover in April 2023 with a picture of a smiling Schumacher and the headline promising <em>Michael Schumacher, the first interview</em>.</p><p>The strapline added: "it sounded deceptively real" but inside the 'quotes' were revealed to have been generated by artificial intelligence.</p>
<p>Michael Schumacher's family has secured 200,000 euros (Rs 1,80,72,200) compensation from the publishers of a German magazine that printed an AI-generated 'interview' with the seven times Formula One world champion.</p>.AI’s black boxes just got a little less mysterious.<p>A family spokeswoman on Wednesday confirmed a Munich Labour Court judgement and settlement by Funke media group, publishers of the magazine <em>Die Aktuelle</em>, without making any further comment.</p><p>The magazine's editor was sacked last year, with Funke apologising to Schumacher's family.</p><p>Ferrari great Schumacher, now 55, has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013.</p><p>Schumacher's family maintains strict privacy about the former driver's condition, with access limited to those closest to him.</p><p><em>Die Aktuelle</em> ran a front cover in April 2023 with a picture of a smiling Schumacher and the headline promising <em>Michael Schumacher, the first interview</em>.</p><p>The strapline added: "it sounded deceptively real" but inside the 'quotes' were revealed to have been generated by artificial intelligence.</p>