Sports Illustrated accused of publishing articles written by AI

Report by Futurism finds articles written by fake authors but Arena Group says articles were commercial content

The US sports publication Sports Illustrated is embroiled in scandal after it has been accused of running articles written by artificial intelligence.

An investigative report published by the science and technology news publication Futurism found Sports Illustrated published articles written by fake authors. These fake authors also had headshots and biographies generated by artificial intelligence, Futurism’s investigation found.

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