The Latest Breaking News from Michael Schumacher

Between fake kidnappings using voice cloning and fake interviews with celebrities, we are learning terrifying things about what AI can do in the wrong hands.

Last week, the magazine Die Aktuelle featured a story claiming to be Schumacher's first interview since his 2013 skiing accident.

Berlin (AFP) - The editor of German magazine Die Aktuelle has been sacked after using an artificial intelligence programme to generate fake quotes from seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, the media group Funke announced.

A woman in Arizona was horrified to hear her daughter's voice saying she had been kidnapped. But in reality it was an AI scam.

The F1 legend was in a near-fatal skiing accident in 2013 and placed into an induced coma. His medical condition has been kept private ever since.

For two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner and long-time Formula 1 tester Alex Wurz, the question of choosing a favourite racing car isn’t dictated by whether he raced or tested it. Instead, it’s something rather more simple that is behind the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association president’s pick of the McLaren…

Journalists generating fake interviews with real people is disgusting. Try using AI to create fiction, not fact.

Munich (Germany) (AFP) - Michael Schumacher's family said Thursday they were planning legal action against German magazine Die Aktuelle for using an artificial intelligence programme to generate fake quotes from the seven-time Formula One champion.

A German tabloid revealed that it generated its interview using a chatbot trained to emulate the racecar driver.