The Arena Group, publisher of Sports Illustrated, has fired the magazine's CEO not long after it was revealed Sports Illustrated had published articles written by fake authors with AI-generated headshots and biographies. The Arena Group's board announced on Monday that CEO Ross Levinsohn had his employment terminated, with Manoj Bhargava named as interim chief executive. The board said it followed a meeting on actions to "improve the operational efficiency and revenue of the company". The release did not mention the AI scandal from November, which was spurred by an investigative report published by the science and technology news publication Futurism. Among fake profiles uncovered by Futurism was that of purported author "Sora Tanaka" which claims she is a product reviewer. The page said: "Sora has always been a fitness guru, and loves to try different foods and drinks.