AI Illustrated gets rid of people

PLUS SIZE LAYOFF: Sports Illustrated dying right in front of us

The news, first reported by Front Office Sports, came less than 24 hours after publisher The Arena Group announced “a significant reduction in its workforce,” comprising 100 employees. Arena said it continued to manage “substantial” debt and recently missed payments, and that the layoffs were part of “cost-cutting measures to initiate a transformative shift towards a streamlined business model.”

According to FOS, Sports Illustrated’s parent company, Authentic Brands Group, has sought to revoke Arena’s license to publish SI after Arena missed a payment. Richard Deitsch of The Athletic separately tweeted Friday an image of an email sent out to workers that said “staff” who worked for the Sports Illustrated brand were being laid off. The union representing SI’s staff said in a tweeted statement that it had been notified of Arena’s intention to “lay off a significant number, possibly all” of its union-represented staff.

Was it go Woke go Broke?

Was it the swimsuit edition?

Plus size models just don’t sell..

Or was it that AI stuff? All those articles written by machinery.. Tech. No real people.

The union can say what it wants but reality still is hitting..

Was it all those AI writers in 2023 being caught publishing articles?

Either way.. today was bad for writer who experienced mass layoffs at the stories Sports Illustrated..