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AI mistakes referee’s bald head for football — hilarity ensued
In a Scottish soccer match the AI-enabled ball-tracking camera used to livestream the game repeatedly tracked an official’s bald head as though it were the soccer ball.
- Date it happened
- 2020-10-24
- Organisation involved
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club
- Product, system or model
- The AI-powered camera was meant to track and pan to the ball in a soccer game for a live stream of the match.
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