There was nothing in Drew Ortiz's author biography at Sports Illustrated to suggest that he was anything other than human.

"Drew has spent much of his life outdoors, and is excited to guide you through his never-ending list of the best prod…

Sports Illustrated responded to a report alleging it published AI-generated content, denying the claims but acknowledging that some articles were published under fabricated names.

A spokesperson for The Arena Group, the magazine's publisher…

The corporate owner of Sports Illustrated is denying a report that the famed publication produced articles written by artificial intelligence under fake author bylines, while noting that it has withdrawn the stories pending an investigation…

NEW YORK (AP) — Computer-generated writers ... writing computer-generated stories?

Sports Illustrated is the latest media company to see its reputation damaged by being less than forthcoming — if not outright dishonest — about who or what i…

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 f…

Sports Illustrated used to publish essays by Kurt Vonnegut and Frank Deford. Now it publishes uncannily bland drivel by AI-generated personas, a fact revealed by Futurism in an exposé. Moreover, its response to the article implies that it h…

A new report exposes stories by writers who don't seem to exist, with bio photos that are stock images, at the revered sports magazine.

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This next story is about what happened when AI met SI. Sports Illustrated and i…

In a story that has generated both shock and disdain, Futurism’s Maggie Harrison reports that Sports Illustrated published stories that were produced or partially produced by artificial intelligence, and that some stories had bylines of fak…

Sports Illustrated has become the latest publication to get called out for using artificial intelligence to generate content.

The magazine said it will take down several articles after a report found they were written by fake, AI-generated …

Sports Illustrated may have used artificial intelligence to create articles — and even entire “authors” on its website.

According to a new report from Futurism, SI routinely uses AI to generate articles, attributes the writing of those arti…

Sports Illustrated on Monday said it had deleted several articles from its website after a report found the once-celebrated legacy magazine had published the pieces under fake author names and profile images generated by artificial intellig…

Sports Illustrated deleted web articles after a report claimed they were generated by artificial intelligence and published under fake author names.

Tech publisher Futurism reported the issue after finding author headshots on an AI-generate…

A new report from Futurism says that Sports Illustrated published articles written by artificial intelligence and posted using AI-generated bylines and photos — then deleted the articles after the outlet asked about it.

According to the rep…

When the AI scandal at Sports Illustrated broke a few days ago, I initially wrote something about it but then decided not to publish it because (a) it’s not uni-related and (b) saying anything critical about SI at this point kinda feels li…

Quick, name five classic American magazines.

Did you say Sports Illustrated? I did. And I’m not even a sports guy. But if you’re of a certain age, you know Sports Illustrated. Along with, say, People, Time and National Geographic, it has lo…

One week after Sports Illustrated suffered an embarrassing artificial intelligence scandal, the latest leader of the company that operates SI laid down the law for his new employees.

Manoj Bhargava, the 5-Hour Energy drink owner whose firm …

Sports Illustrated publisher The Arena Group has fired two senior executives, COO Andrew Kraft and President Rob Barrett, following its recent AI fiasco.

The dismissals were confirmed by a representative for Arena Group majority owner Manoj…

Sports Illustrated’s owner fired two top executives in the wake of the scandal that saw the iconic organization post AI-generated content credited to fake authors.

Front Office Sports reported that Andrew Kraft, COO of SI’s parent company T…

After the beat writers had hustled back to the press box to meet their unforgiving deadlines, I lingered in the Phillies' clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park on a warm June evening in 2011, waiting for the one-on-one interview I wanted.

It's a …

Digital publisher The Arena Group, which operates household brands such as Sports Illustrated and The Street, fired its chief executive on Monday amid a larger C-suite bloodbath, a spokesperson for the company told CNN.

A spokesperson for T…

There used to be a time when newspaper journalists had to scroll through countless microfiche reels and dig through clips to find old articles for background material for their stories.

Electronic archives, along with the internet, have mad…

The publisher of Sport Illustrated and The Street, Arena Group, fired CEO Ross Levinsohn after ongoing fallout over its use of artificial intelligence on the site.

“Today, the board of directors of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE Ameri…

CEO of The Arena Group and Sports Illustrated Ross Levinsohn at the 2023 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson Of The Year Award last week. Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images for Prime Video

The CEO of the parent company of Sports Illustrated was o…

The CEO of The Arena Group, publisher of Sports Illustrated, has been fired just weeks after the magazine was accused of publishing articles generated by artificial intelligence.

Ross Levinsohn was terminated "to improve the operational eff…

The publisher of Sports Illustrated, The Arena Group, announced Monday that its CEO Ross Levinsohn has been terminated in the latest round of firings at the company in the wake of an AI scandal. 

Levinsohn will be replaced in the interim by…

The publisher of Sports Illustrated has fired its chief executive shortly after an investigative report claimed the American magazine had published stories by fake authors with headshots generated by artificial intelligence.

The Arena Group…

The chief executive of Sports Illustrated magazine has been sacked after claims it ran articles by fake authors generated using artificial intelligence.

The Arena Group, the magazine's publisher, said it had fired Ross Levinsohn in an attem…

Arena Group, the publisher of Sports Illustrated, has fired the sports media outlet's CEO on the heels of a controversy stemming from its reported use of artificial intelligence (AI) to produce content on its website.

The Arena Group, which…

The Arena Group, publisher of Sports Illustrated, has fired the magazine’s CEO not long after it was revealed Sports Illustrated had published articles written by fake authors with AI-generated headshots and biographies.

The Arena Group’s b…

The publisher of Sports Illustrated has ousted its chief executive officer following public backlash over the sport's magazine's alleged use of AI to write stories. 

The Arena Group's termination of CEO Ross Levinsohn came as the media gian…

The shock waves from Sports Illustrated’s unethical use of AI-generated content, which last week led to some top-level executives at the media outlet’s parent company being canned, have apparently claimed an even bigger victim.

That news c…

Sports Illustrated publisher The Arena Group fired its CEO — just weeks after the publication triggered a firestorm for using artificial intelligence to produce poorly-written product reviews written by fake authors.

Ross Levinsohn, who ser…

Ross Levinsohn, the CEO of the publisher of Sports Illustrated, is out of a job, weeks after the venerable brand came under fire after accusations it had been publishing articles written by AI.

Arena Group Holdings, which includes the magaz…

Sports Illustrated has fired its CEO, Ross Levinsohn, after being accused of producing AI-generated content. This firing came on the heels of Futurism reporting that the publication used the content as part of its website. Levinsohn has bee…

Yesterday, we reported that Sports Illustrated had been publishing articles by fake writers with AI-generated profile pictures.

Worse, one source alleged, at least some of the posts themselves were AI-generated as well.

"The content is abso…

Last month, Sports Illustrated removed various articles after the authors were exposed as AI-generated personas and whose text was seemingly AI-generated itself—it was hard to be certain, because the material turned out to be sourced to a c…

The owner of the venerated sports magazine “Sports Illustrated” fired its CEO following a scandal which revealed the magazine had allegedly been publishing articles written by artificially generated writers, according to a press release fro…

The chief executive officer of Sports Illustrated has been ousted after the site was caught publishing AI-generated stories.

On Monday, Dec. 11 The Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated and The Street, fired its chief executive Ros…

Ross Levinsohn has been fired as CEO of Sports Illustrated and publishers The Arena Group, weeks after Futurism reported that SI had been running stories generated by artificial intelligence, using bogus names and AI-generated byline pictur…

Late last month, we reported that venerable magazine Sports Illustrated had been publishing commerce articles bylined by nonexistent writers with AI-generated profile pictures.

The revelation sparked a storm of media coverage and outrage fr…

The Arena Group, the publisher of Sports Illustrated and Men's Journal, has fired its chief executive and two other top executives after it was called out for publishing articles written using artificial intelligence bylined by fake authors…

The owners of Sports Illustrated have fired CEO Ross Levinsohn after the outlet was accused of publishing AI-generated writing while using headshots of fake authors and creating bogus profiles. 

The Arena Group Holdings, which owns the 79-y…

Digital publisher The Arena Group, which owns and operates Sports Illustrated and other major publications, announced this week that it had fired Sports Illustrated CEO Ross Levinsohn effective immediately.

“Today, the board of directors of…