《體育畫報》(Sports Illustrated)作為一個備受尊重的品牌,卻因為被指責發(fā)表由人工智能創(chuàng)作的文章而遭到抨擊。幾周后,其出版商Arena集團(Arena Group Holdings)的CEO羅斯·萊文索恩被解雇。
作為該雜志的所有者,Arena集團在周一晚些時候宣布了這則消息。該公司表示,此舉是“為了提高公司的運營效率和增加收入”。公司發(fā)表的簡潔的新聞稿中,沒有提到AI丑聞。
(Arena與《體育畫報》簽署了一份長達數年的出版協(xié)議。2019年,Authentic Brands Group以1.1億美元的價格收購《體育畫報》。)
5-Hour Energy公司的創(chuàng)始人馬諾伊·巴爾加瓦被任命為Arena集團臨時CEO。巴爾加瓦在該公司持有多數股份。
《體育畫報》出版商Arena經歷了一系列備受關注的人事變動,辭退高管只是最近的一次變動而已。不到一周前,該公司解雇了三名高管,分別是運營總裁和首席運營官安德魯·克拉夫特、媒體總裁羅伯·巴雷特,以及公司法律顧問朱莉·芬斯特。
有媒體爆料,《體育畫報》上個月涉嫌公開發(fā)表了由AI創(chuàng)作的文章,導致該雜志的信譽遭遇重創(chuàng)。雖然公司否認這些文章由AI創(chuàng)作,但它還是與提供文章的另一家公司終止了合作。這家公司虛構了似乎并不存在的作者的署名。
代表該雜志編輯人員的工會表示,對這則消息感到“震驚”。
爆料的網站Futurism引用該雜志內部匿名人士的話稱,“無論他們如何否認”,人工智能還被用于創(chuàng)作了某些內容。
萊文索恩自2020年起擔任Arena的CEO。他此前曾在雅虎(Yahoo)、論壇出版集團(Tribune Publishing)和??怂够觽髅剑‵ox Interactive)擔任高管。
萊文索恩在LinkedIn上寫道:“經過四年半時間,今天是我在Arena集團任職的最后一天。我們在上個月出售了多數股份,未來公司將有光明的前景。這是一段非凡的經歷……我對未來充滿了期待,也非常感謝經營和發(fā)展一家如此成功的上市公司的經歷。”(財富中文網)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
《體育畫報》(Sports Illustrated)作為一個備受尊重的品牌,卻因為被指責發(fā)表由人工智能創(chuàng)作的文章而遭到抨擊。幾周后,其出版商Arena集團(Arena Group Holdings)的CEO羅斯·萊文索恩被解雇。
作為該雜志的所有者,Arena集團在周一晚些時候宣布了這則消息。該公司表示,此舉是“為了提高公司的運營效率和增加收入”。公司發(fā)表的簡潔的新聞稿中,沒有提到AI丑聞。
(Arena與《體育畫報》簽署了一份長達數年的出版協(xié)議。2019年,Authentic Brands Group以1.1億美元的價格收購《體育畫報》。)
5-Hour Energy公司的創(chuàng)始人馬諾伊·巴爾加瓦被任命為Arena集團臨時CEO。巴爾加瓦在該公司持有多數股份。
《體育畫報》出版商Arena經歷了一系列備受關注的人事變動,辭退高管只是最近的一次變動而已。不到一周前,該公司解雇了三名高管,分別是運營總裁和首席運營官安德魯·克拉夫特、媒體總裁羅伯·巴雷特,以及公司法律顧問朱莉·芬斯特。
有媒體爆料,《體育畫報》上個月涉嫌公開發(fā)表了由AI創(chuàng)作的文章,導致該雜志的信譽遭遇重創(chuàng)。雖然公司否認這些文章由AI創(chuàng)作,但它還是與提供文章的另一家公司終止了合作。這家公司虛構了似乎并不存在的作者的署名。
代表該雜志編輯人員的工會表示,對這則消息感到“震驚”。
爆料的網站Futurism引用該雜志內部匿名人士的話稱,“無論他們如何否認”,人工智能還被用于創(chuàng)作了某些內容。
萊文索恩自2020年起擔任Arena的CEO。他此前曾在雅虎(Yahoo)、論壇出版集團(Tribune Publishing)和??怂够觽髅剑‵ox Interactive)擔任高管。
萊文索恩在LinkedIn上寫道:“經過四年半時間,今天是我在Arena集團任職的最后一天。我們在上個月出售了多數股份,未來公司將有光明的前景。這是一段非凡的經歷……我對未來充滿了期待,也非常感謝經營和發(fā)展一家如此成功的上市公司的經歷?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W)
譯者:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
Ross Levinsohn, the CEO of the publisher of Sports Illustrated, is out of a job, weeks after the venerable brand came under fire after accusations it had been publishing articles written by AI.
Arena Group Holdings, which includes the magazine in its portfolio, announced the cut late Monday, saying it was made “to improve the operational efficiency and revenue of the company.” The AI incident was not mentioned in the terse release.
(Arena holds a multi-year publishing agreement for the magazine. Authentic Brands Group bought Sports Illustrated for $110 million in 2019.)
Manoj Bhargava, founder of 5-Hour Energy, was named interim CEO of Arena Group. Bhargava owns a majority stake in Arena.
The executive shuffle at the Sports Illustrated publisher is just the latest in a series of high-profile cuts at Arena Group. Less than a week ago, the company fired three executives—operations president and chief operating officer Andrew Kraft, media president Rob Barrett, and corporate counsel Julie Fenster.
Sports Illustrated saw its reputation take a hit when reports of the allegedly AI-written stories became public last month. The company denied the stories themselves were written by AI, but fired the company that had produced them and manufactured the bylines of authors who seemingly did not exist.
The union representing editorial staff at the magazine said that it was “horrified” by the report.
The Futurism website, which broke the story, quoted an unnamed person at the magazine who said artificial intelligence was used in the creation of some content as well—“no matter how much they say that it’s not.”
Levinsohn had served as CEO of Arena since 2020. Prior to that, he was a top executive at Yahoo, Tribune Publishing, and Fox Interactive.
“After 4 1/2 years, today is my last day at The Arena Group,” Levinsohn wrote on LinkedIn. “Following our majority sale announced last month, the company is positioned well for the future. It has been an incredible ride… Excited for what the future will bring and so grateful for the experience of running and building a public company with such success.”