Artificial intelligence bots blamed for unforgivable mistake Wimbledon organizers made with Australian star Alex De Manor

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By Josh Alston for Daily Mail Australia

05:30 06 July 2024, Updated 05:30 06 July 2024

  • The Australian star is looking to make a deep run at the Grand Slam.
  • The website made an important mistake about its country.
  • Fans have expressed outrage about the use of AI which led to numerous errors



Wimbledon has faced backlash over errors on its official website, with fans accusing organizers of using AI to generate official content throughout the tournament.

The prestigious tournament has been embarrassed by a series of errors, which revealed the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate some of its website content.

Wimbledon organizers turned to creative AI platform IBM watsonx to generate content for their website during the tournament.

The decision was met with backlash from the fans after seeing a number of blunders.

A notable error was listing Australian tennis star Alex de Manor as being from Great Britain.

The sporting rivalry between England and Australia, which has its roots in cricket and rugby, has accelerated the magnitude of error caused by AI bots.

Fans were also surprised by other errors, such as former US Open champion Emma Raducano being wrongly listed as Britain's No. 1 player despite being No. 3 in the WTA rankings.

Additional mistakes included labeling Zhang Shuai, 35, and Daria Kasatkina, 27, as 'up-and-comers'.

These errors attributed to AI have been criticized by the public.

Alex de Manor has French heritage, but is as British as Vegemite.
When AI wrote that Australian star Alex De Manor was from the UK.
The website also incorrectly stated that Emma Raducano was British No.1.

Renowned tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg expressed his dismay at X, formerly known as Twitter, saying it was “honestly disgusting that the richest tennis tournament in the world is giving jobs to s***ty AI.” Outsourcing.'

'Apparently the AI ​​has struck again. There have been so many mistakes in the house of tennis. My question; Why should someone be allowed to take over the AI ​​without checking all the items?' asked a tennis fan.

This comes after Wimbledon used AI for commentary in 2023, a decision that was scrapped for the 2024 tournament.

Wimbledon has yet to officially respond to the public criticism.

However, administrators are also using AI to combat online abuse and protect female players.

Tournament organizers have a dedicated team of investigators to monitor content for malicious posts on platforms like X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok using AI service Threat Matrix.

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has warned of an increasing number of female stars being bullied online and called for increased safeguards from social media platforms.

Alex de Menor prepares for his match against world number 212 Frenchman Lucas Pouille. If successful, he could face No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.

Read more: Nick Kyrgios begs Wimbledon commentator not to bring his legal drama to TV >

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