Sports Illustrated is under fire for AI authorship

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED IS UNDER FIRE FOR AI AUTHORSHIP 🔥

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What’s going on? Sports Illustrated is under scrutiny for allegedly publishing articles written by fake authors with AI-generated profile pictures and biographies.

Some background? The identified authors, "Drew Ortiz" and "Sora Tanaka," were revealed to have biographies and photos available on sites selling AI-generated headshots. The language in their articles exhibited the characteristic awkwardness of AI-generated content. The use of AI from Sports Illustrated is not the major concern here, but the covering up of AI authors seems to be a bit dishonest to their readers and others on the staff.

What now? Despite denying the use of AI, Sports Illustrated announced the removal of several articles and initiated an internal investigation. Arena Group, the owner of Sports Illustrated, attributed the articles to "licensed content" produced by an external company named AdVon Commerce in a defunct partnership.

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