Sports Illustrated Busted for Using AI ?

[Principled Man]

A day after news broke that Sports Illustrated has been publishing AI-generated articles passed off as the work of writers who did not exist, the staff of the storied sports magazine gathered for a virtual all-hands meeting. Staffers were furious, according to people who attended who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal company business.

 

The website Futurism reported Monday that SI, the glossy magazine that for decades was the gold standard for sports journalism, had produced consumer product reviews by artificial intelligence and bylined the stories by fake writers. One writer’s profile photo was available for purchase on an AI website, Futurism reported.

 

SI withdrew the stories, but its parent company, the Arena Group, a media conglomerate that also owns Men’s Journal and Parade, disputed Futurism’s report. In a statement Monday, Arena said the articles were written by people for AdVon Commerce, a third-party company it had hired to produce e-commerce content. Only the authors’ names and bios were AI-generated, Arena said. [source: The Washington Post]

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I don't know all the details of this incident, but I think it's pretty clear that the use of AI will be causing a LOT of trouble in the world of corporate journalism.

 

    

[Nova Carmina]

9 hours ago, Principled Man said:

 

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I don't know all the details of this incident, but I think it's pretty clear that the use of AI will be causing a LOT of trouble in the world of corporate journalism.

 

    

 

You may very well be right, but it's more likely to cause problems for quickie-make-a-buck operations like the one that owns the hollowed-out husk of SI. When you buy a "gold standard" asset, strip it for parts, and retain only the cachet attached to the name -- that will only last for so long. 

 

Actual journalism will probably find ways to work with/around AI, but the "corporate" part of it will always want more, faster, cheaper.

[BastillePark]

The day they featured Martha Stewart on the Swimsuit Edition cover is the day they became irrelevant. 

[Principled Man]

Sports Illustrated has now named Deion Sanders (4-8 record with Univ. of Colorado) the 2023 Sportsperson of The Year. 

 

Maybe they'll do a Prime Time Swimsuit Issue, too!  

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 30, 2023 by Principled Man

[grep]

On 11/29/2023 at 11:14 AM, BastillePark said:

The day they featured Martha Stewart on the Swimsuit Edition cover is the day they became irrelevant. 

Which will be forgotten about the day that they allow a trans on the cover of the Swimsuit Edition.

Also, you gotta admit - Martha was a smokeshow in her prime.