AI confused the ball with the referee's head during a soccer match

Fans of the Scottish football team Inverness Caledonian noticed during the broadcast of the match that

The camera doesn't follow the ball, but the headfootball referee. A few weeks ago the club announced a move to AI-controlled cameras. The club stated that the new system will be used to film all home matches in HD quality.

AI camera for the most partof the match, she confused the referee's bald head with the ball, repeatedly filming not the players with the ball, but the referee, who was 35-40 meters from the scene. Some spectators complained that they missed a goal from their favorite team, because the camera “continues to think that a person's head is very similar to a ball,” others suggested that the referee wear a hat or panama.

Due to restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic, fans were not allowed into the stadium and this broadcast was the only opportunity to watch the game of their favorite team.

AI controlled camera most of the timemonitored the movements of the referee's head, except in cases where the referee and the ball were close. The Inverness Caledonian engineering team promised to correct the error and temporarily return operators to matches.

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