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Sports Illustrated's AI Scandal: A Case of Deception and Disrespect for Journalism In November 2023, a startling report by the website Futurism revealed that Sports Illustrated had been using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate bylined articles without disclosing this fact to readers. The report found that the magazine had published dozens of articles written by AI algorithms, often featuring fabricated author profiles and accompanying photos. The revelation sparked widespread outrage and criticism, particularly from journalists who accused Sports Illustrated of misleading readers and ...

In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports. On Sundays in September, more families worship at the altar of the NFL than at any church. This appeal, which cuts across all demographic and ideological lines, makes sports perhaps the last unifying mass ritual of our era, with huge numbers of people all focused on the same thing at the same moment. That timeless, live quality makes sports very powerful, and very lucrative. And the media spectacle around them is only getting bigger, brighter, and noisier.

In Sit Down and Cheer, Martin Kelner traces the development of this relationship from its humble origins in the 1960 Olympics, by way of the first-ever Match of the Day in 1964, through to the financial impact of Sky, right up to the high-tech gadgetry of our present-day viewing. Insightful and very funny, this is an entertaining exploration of two major national pastimes and not to be missed.