Embarrassing: Sports Illustrated caught in AI scandal

Did you know that in order to be a good volleyball player, you need to own an actual volleyball?

Crazy concept, but thanks to writers like Drew Ortiz of Sports Illustrated, we have the latest insight into athletic development.

If you’re sitting there wondering what the heck we’re talking about, allow Glenn Beck to explain.

Drew, who is “the author of many stories” in Sports Illustrated, ”has spent much of his life outdoors. …There's rarely a weekend that goes by where Drew isn't out camping, hiking, or just back on his parents’ farm,” Glenn reads from Drew’s writer profile.

“Now Drew sounds like a regular guy, doesn’t he?”

At least that’s what everyone thought until one of his articles explained how “volleyball is very difficult, especially to practice, if you don't have a ball.”

And that’s when people started to realize that “Drew doesn’t exist.”

He’s actually a machine (and not a particularly smart one), or at least that’s what the AI testing system determined when it processed Drew’s work.

While Sports Illustrated has denied allegations that Drew Ortiz is the creation of AI, the outlet has “removed all of his writings,” which only seems to strengthen the theory that he’s not a real person.

And apparently Drew isn’t the only fictional writer at the American sports magazine.

“Looks like Drew doesn't exist as well as other writers at Sports Illustrated,” Glenn reports.

To hear more about the scandal, watch the clip below.

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