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Schumacher's family wins compensation for AI 'interview'

Michael Schumacher's family is awarded 200,000 euros (£170,212) compensation from the publishers of a magazine which printed an artificial intelligence-generated 'interview' with the former Formula 1 driver.

Underneath the headline of "Michael Schumacher, the first interview" read a strapline of "it sounded deceptively real" and it emerged in the article that the supposed quotes had been produced by AI. A family spokesperson confirmed the judgement against Funke media group, the publishers of the magazine, to news agency Reuters. His tally of seven F1 titles, won during spells with Benetton and Ferrari, is a record jointly shared with Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

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