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German magazine apologises to Michael Schumacher's family, sacks editor over AI interview

Michael Schumacher's family maintains strict privacy over his current condition. (AP: Itsuo Inouye, file)

The publishers of a German magazine that ran a fake interview with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologised to the Formula One great's family.

Seven-times world champion Schumacher, now 54, has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013.

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