Wimbledon diary: AI mishaps, clippings and reaction-speed testers
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The AI trained preview bot could have done with a trip to the museum while cult favourite Bill Bryson paid a special Independence Day visit
Wimbledon’s much-hyped experiment in using generative AI to “deliver compelling, insight-driven storytelling at scale” at this year’s championships got off to a sticky start on Monday, when claims including that Emma Raducanu is the British No 1 were widely ridiculed on social media.
It may just be a coincidence – an algorithm should be able to take a gentle ribbing, after all – but the subsequent “insights” provided by IBM’s preview-bot have felt increasingly cautious ever since. “[Iga] Swiatek is favoured in the match against [Petra] Martic” is not exactly putting your virtual neck on the block when the world No 1 is priced up at 1-33 with the bookies.
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