Sports Illustrated Pulls Suspected Plagiarism Piece, Scrubs Writer After AI Claim

Overview

• Sports Illustrated removed a Kalshi parlay article and erased writer Parker Loverich’s profile soon after a public plagiarism accusation, and recent posts in its prediction-market section largely disappeared.
• Sportico editor Dan Bernstein said SI copied his outlet’s analysis without credit and suggested the piece may have been generated with AI.
• The disputed SI story repeated Sportico’s exclusive figures on Kalshi parlay outcomes, including reporting that retail users have lost more than $100 million this year, without attributing the source.
• Bernstein said the reuse risks burying his original work in search results and misdirecting future citations, which could cost his newsroom credit for its reporting.
• Minute Media, which runs SI’s editorial operations, has not responded to questions about the takedowns or possible AI use, and the episode follows a 2023 scandal in which SI ran content under fake, AI-made author profiles that led to deletions and executive firings at its former owner.