The family of Michael Schumacher have won €200,000 (£170,212) in compensation from the publishers of a magazine who printed an artificial intelligence-generated interview with the legendary racing driver last year.

F1 icon Schumacher – who won seven world championships – was involved in a skiing accident in December 2013 that left him in a medically induced coma. He hasn’t appeared publicly since.

The German is cared for by a team of medical staff and his wife Corinna at their Lake Geneva home, but little has been made public about his condition.


 

However, German publication Die Aktuelle published an interview with Schumacher in April 2023, with a photo of him used on the front cover of the edition.

Die Aktuelle ran the piece under the headline ‘Michael Schumacher, the first interview’, while a strapline of ‘it sounded deceptively real’ was also featured.


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Michael Schumacher’s family have won €200,000 (£170,212) in compensation from the publishers of a magazine who printed an artificial intelligence-generated interview with him


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German mag Die Aktuelle claimed to have an ‘exclusive interview’ with Schumacher last year

Schumacher (pictured in 2005) hasn't been in public since a skiing accident in 2013
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Schumacher (pictured in 2005) hasn’t been in public since a skiing accident in 2013