Family of Michael Schumacher awarded compensation after bogus 'exclusive' interview

A German magazine that claimed an AI-generated interview was actually an exclusive with the Formula One legend Michael Schumacher will have to pay the F1 great's family $327,000, a court ruling states.

In April 2023, German publication Die Aktuelle ran a front cover spread promising an exclusive interview with Schumacher, who has not been seen in public since a December 2013 skiing accident.

At the conclusion of the written piece, it was revealed to have been entirely fabricated by AI - artificial intelligence.

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This led to the Schumacher family taking legal action, where the Munich Labour Court ruled a settlement must be paid.

The Funke media group will pay compensation after they apologised to the Schumacher family and fired the editor-in-chief responsible for the article.

However, it's not the first time Die Aktuelle has copped criticism for its coverage of the family.

In 2014, the magazine ran a photo of Michael and wife Corinna on the front cover, with the headline "Awake".

But when readers turned to the article, it was about people who have awoken from comas in the past.

The magazine also won a legal case against the Schumachers in 2015, after a front cover saying "a new love" had entered Corinna's life, only for the article to be about the couple's daughter, Gina.

Schumacher's family has gone to great lengths to maintain Michael's privacy, with the F1 great believed to be at the family's home in Switzerland.