"Sportico published an article featuring an original analysis of parlay bets made via the prediction market Kalshi. Two days later, on May 15, Sports Illustrated published an article - titled " Who is really winning on Kalshi parlays according to the data" - that regurgitated the same figures, without ever attributing the analysis to Sportico, as would be the normal and ethical thing to do."
"The Sports Illustrated piece only mentioned the other sports outlet when repeating a quote given to Sportico for a related article published back in 2025 - a quote that Sportico, tellingly, had called back to in its more recent piece. Sportico editor Dan Bernstein, who bylined the original piece, took to X on Sunday to accuse Sports Illustrated of plagiarism, suggesting in the post that AI may have been used to generate the piece in question."
"Soon after Bernstein's allegations were made public, Sports Illustrated deleted the article in question, which was attributed to a writer named Parker Loverich. Profiles associated with Loverich quickly disappeared from LinkedIn and X. Loverich didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. We reached out to Sports Illustrated's owner Minute Media to ask about the article's erasure, and whether AI may have been used to generated the deleted piece."
"Speaking to Futurism, Bernstein shared that it was "frustrating" to see his work plagiarized by a high-traffic"
Sports Illustrated deleted an article and removed an author’s entire archive after allegations of AI plagiarism. Sportico published original analysis of Kalshi parlay bets, and Sports Illustrated later published a piece using the same figures without attributing the analysis to Sportico. Sports Illustrated referenced Sportico only by repeating a quote previously provided for a related 2025 article. Sportico editor Dan Bernstein accused Sports Illustrated of plagiarism and suggested AI may have been used. After the allegations became public, Sports Illustrated removed the article and scrubbed the author’s profiles and all associated articles from its website. Minute Media, the owner of Sports Illustrated, did not respond to inquiries about the deletion or whether AI was involved.
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