Sports Illustrated was using AI-generated content and even created AI-generated fake writer profiles. They then deleted the content after people starting asking about it.
This Sports Illustrated story is wild.
The TLDR is that they bought AI-generated headshots and created fake writer profiles so they could publish AI-generated content and make it look real.
They then deleted the content when asked about it.
Super sad. SI used to be the best. https://t.co/xgDDtxP9PD pic.twitter.com/Wkq618VFxQ
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) November 27, 2023
They put out some bullshit response providing some lame excuse as to why they weren’t transparent with their readers.
Today, an article was published alleging that Sports Illustrated published AI-generated articles. According to our initial investigation, this is not accurate.
The articles in question were product reviews and were licensed content from an external, third-party company, AdVon…
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 27, 2023
Talk about a shitty mess.
Why couldn’t they just be honest about using AI-generated content? I don’t think anybody would have a problem with that. What people have a problem with is being deceptive about it and pretending like the AI-generated content was being written by real people.
You can bet that Sports Illustrated isn’t the only large publication or media operation doing something like this.
The whole situation is ridiculous. Is anybody capable of being honest about anything these days? It’s no wonder why this country has gone to absolute and complete shit. It seems as if there are fewer and fewer people who value truth and honesty in positions of power. The people who value truth and honesty are mostly all blacklisted and ostracized from this sick collapsing system.
