知名出版商解雇CEO,，成為因虛假AI作者丑聞離職的第四位高管
CHRIS MORRIS
2023-12-14
Arena集團(tuán)解雇了CEO羅斯·萊文索恩,。圖片來(lái)源：TOM COOPER/GETTY IMAGES FOR PRIME VIDEO
《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》（Sports Illustrated）作為一個(gè)備受尊重的品牌，卻因?yàn)楸恢肛?zé)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(tuán)（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(tuán)在周一晚些時(shí)候宣布了這則消息,。該公司表示，此舉是“為了提高公司的運(yùn)營(yíng)效率和增加收入”,。公司發(fā)表的簡(jiǎn)潔的新聞稿中,，沒(méi)有提到AI丑聞。
（Arena與《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》簽署了一份長(zhǎng)達(dá)數(shù)年的出版協(xié)議,。2019年,，Authentic Brands Group以1.1億美元的價(jià)格收購(gòu)《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》。）
5-Hour Energy公司的創(chuàng)始人馬諾伊·巴爾加瓦被任命為Arena集團(tuán)臨時(shí)CEO,。巴爾加瓦在該公司持有多數(shù)股份,。
《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》出版商Arena經(jīng)歷了一系列備受關(guān)注的人事變動(dòng)，辭退高管只是最近的一次變動(dòng)而已,。不到一周前,，該公司解雇了三名高管,，分別是運(yùn)營(yíng)總裁和首席運(yùn)營(yíng)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(wèn)朱莉·芬斯特,。
有媒體爆料，《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》上個(gè)月涉嫌公開(kāi)發(fā)表了由AI創(chuàng)作的文章,，導(dǎo)致該雜志的信譽(yù)遭遇重創(chuàng),。雖然公司否認(rèn)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(gòu)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(huì)表示，對(duì)這則消息感到“震驚”,。
爆料的網(wǎng)站Futurism引用該雜志內(nèi)部匿名人士的話稱,，“無(wú)論他們?nèi)绾畏裾J(rèn)”，人工智能還被用于創(chuàng)作了某些內(nèi)容,。
萊文索恩自2020年起擔(dān)任Arena的CEO,。他此前曾在雅虎（Yahoo）、論壇出版集團(tuán)（Tribune Publishing）和?？怂够?dòng)傳媒（Fox Interactive）擔(dān)任高管,。
萊文索恩在LinkedIn上寫(xiě)道：“經(jīng)過(guò)四年半時(shí)間，今天是我在Arena集團(tuán)任職的最后一天,。我們?cè)谏蟼€(gè)月出售了多數(shù)股份,，未來(lái)公司將有光明的前景。這是一段非凡的經(jīng)歷……我對(duì)未來(lái)充滿了期待,，也非常感謝經(jīng)營(yíng)和發(fā)展一家如此成功的上市公司的經(jīng)歷,。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）
譯者：劉進(jìn)龍
審校：汪皓
《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》（Sports Illustrated）作為一個(gè)備受尊重的品牌,，卻因?yàn)楸恢肛?zé)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(tuán)（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(tuán)在周一晚些時(shí)候宣布了這則消息。該公司表示,，此舉是“為了提高公司的運(yùn)營(yíng)效率和增加收入”,。公司發(fā)表的簡(jiǎn)潔的新聞稿中，沒(méi)有提到AI丑聞,。
（Arena與《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》簽署了一份長(zhǎng)達(dá)數(shù)年的出版協(xié)議,。2019年，Authentic Brands Group以1.1億美元的價(jià)格收購(gòu)《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》,。）
5-Hour Energy公司的創(chuàng)始人馬諾伊·巴爾加瓦被任命為Arena集團(tuán)臨時(shí)CEO,。巴爾加瓦在該公司持有多數(shù)股份,。
《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》出版商Arena經(jīng)歷了一系列備受關(guān)注的人事變動(dòng)，辭退高管只是最近的一次變動(dòng)而已,。不到一周前,，該公司解雇了三名高管，分別是運(yùn)營(yíng)總裁和首席運(yùn)營(yíng)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(wèn)朱莉·芬斯特。
有媒體爆料,，《體育畫(huà)報(bào)》上個(gè)月涉嫌公開(kāi)發(fā)表了由AI創(chuàng)作的文章,，導(dǎo)致該雜志的信譽(yù)遭遇重創(chuàng)。雖然公司否認(rèn)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(gòu)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(huì)表示,，對(duì)這則消息感到“震驚”,。
爆料的網(wǎng)站Futurism引用該雜志內(nèi)部匿名人士的話稱，“無(wú)論他們?nèi)绾畏裾J(rèn)”,，人工智能還被用于創(chuàng)作了某些內(nèi)容,。
萊文索恩自2020年起擔(dān)任Arena的CEO。他此前曾在雅虎（Yahoo）,、論壇出版集團(tuán)（Tribune Publishing）和?？怂够?dòng)傳媒（Fox Interactive）擔(dān)任高管。
萊文索恩在LinkedIn上寫(xiě)道：“經(jīng)過(guò)四年半時(shí)間,，今天是我在Arena集團(tuán)任職的最后一天,。我們?cè)谏蟼€(gè)月出售了多數(shù)股份，未來(lái)公司將有光明的前景,。這是一段非凡的經(jīng)歷……我對(duì)未來(lái)充滿了期待，也非常感謝經(jīng)營(yíng)和發(fā)展一家如此成功的上市公司的經(jīng)歷,?！保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng)）
譯者：劉進(jìn)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.”
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