We found out recently that Sports Illustrated had been using artificial intelligence to create ‘‘content,’’ as journalism often is called nowadays.
After the initial disgust — the use of fake names and fake photos of fake ‘‘writers’’ (Hi, Drew Ortiz!) were the kickers — things have settled down. SI brass apologized, said it was all a big misunderstanding, it came from ‘‘an external, third-party provider,’’ there was no intent to deceive, blah, blah, blah.
