Michael Schumacher's family is planning legal action against a German weekly magazine over an "interview" with the seven-time Formula One champion that was generated by artificial intelligence.

The Ferrari great has not been seen in public since suffering a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013.

The family has guarded his privacy since then, with access limited to those closest to him and little information given about his condition.

The latest edition of Die Aktuelle ran a cover with a picture of a smiling Schumacher and the headline promising "Michael Schumacher, the first interview."

Inside, it emerged that the supposed quotes had been produced by AI.

"We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he's comfortable, and to simply make him feel our family, our bond," Corinna Schumacher said in a 2021 Netflix documentary.

"We're trying to carry on as a family, the way Michael liked it and still does. And we are getting on with our lives.

"'Private is private,' as he always said. It's very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible. Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael."

Schumacher's son Mick is currently the Mercedes reserve driver in Formula One, after losing his seat at Haas at the end of last season.