{"id":226410,"date":"2026-06-04T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/ai-at-the-world-cup-smarter-tactics-healthy-players-safer-crowds-but-new-risks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:35:10","slug":"ai-at-the-world-cup-smarter-tactics-healthy-players-safer-crowds-but-new-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/ai-at-the-world-cup-smarter-tactics-healthy-players-safer-crowds-but-new-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"AI at the World Cup: smarter tactics, healthy players, safer crowds \u2013 but new risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-at-the-world-cup-smarter-tactics-healthy-players-safer-crowds-but-new-risks-276520\">AI at the World Cup: smarter tactics, healthy players, safer crowds \u2013 but new risks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-at-the-world-cup-smarter-tactics-healthy-players-safer-crowds-but-new-risks-276520\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ai-at-the-world-cup-smarter-tactics-healthy-players-safer-crowds-but-new-risks-276520<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-04 20:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"theconversation.com\">theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIFA World Cup is set to be the largest sports event in attendance, revenue, and viewership; also marked by significant use of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/li>\n<li>AI will primarily be used on the pitch for tools supporting player, team, and match evaluation, predicting injury, and talent scouting.<\/li>\n<li>Referees will benefit from AI-enhanced offside technology and 3D avatars for more precise decision-making during matches, including VAR processes.<\/li>\n<li>Off the pitch, AI will assist in crowd management and logistics through the FIFA Intelligence Command Centre and digital twin models of stadiums.<\/li>\n<li>Risks related to AI include potential loss of human skills, data privacy issues, equal access concerns, and the possibility of AI implementation for nefarious purposes like ticketing scams.<\/li>\n<li>AI is set to play a significant role in preparation, performance, and recovery for athletes, potentially widening the gap between larger and smaller nations or providing an advantage to smaller teams with access to AI tools.<\/li>\n<li>Future of AI in sports may include tactical homogenisation and greater integration into match officiating, but no AI agent scoring a goal or robot coach calling the shots any time soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI at the World Cup: smarter tactics, healthy players, safer crowds \u2013 but new risks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/733889\/original\/file-20260505-57-7gzwp3.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&rect=0%2C140%2C2727%2C1363&q=45&auto=format&w=1356&h=668&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-226410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226412,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226410\/revisions\/226412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}