Sports Illustrated has been making up fake AI authors, claiming they are real, then deleting them when asked and offering no formal comment, editorial note, or other response.

They’ve also been publishing AI generated content by people who don’t exist with zero disclosure https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

Sports Illustrated was publishing articles under seemingly fake bylines. We asked their owner about it — and they deleted everything.

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@taylorlorenz in every single one of these instances, they could have avoided the controversy by disclosing AI, and employing human editors. That they did neither speaks to a troublingly high regard for AI that absolutely fails to recognise reality…

@Daojoan @taylorlorenz

Oh, man, this! Just say it's generated by AI. Let people decide if that's what they want to read. Most of this sports stuff is just drivel anyway.