Hundreds of athletes will gather in France for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the next two months, Fox News Digital reported, and one of the main focuses will be preparing to defend against cybersecurity threats.
The report noted that cybersecurity appears to have received increased attention in recent years as “bad actors” have adopted more strategic approaches, but advances in artificial intelligence could make cybersecurity defenses more effective.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has said that AI needs to be adopted responsibly in sports, and the IOC announced an AI plan in April that includes talent identification, personalizing training and even improving refereeing fairness, according to the report.
“At the heart of the Olympic AI agenda are humans: athletes, because athletes are at the heart of the Olympic movement,” Bach said. “Unlike other sectors of society, the sporting world does not face the existential question of whether AI will replace humans. In sport, performance must always be delivered by the athlete. The 100 metres must always be run by an athlete, a human being. We can therefore focus on the potential of AI to support athletes.”
“AI can help identify athletes and talent anywhere in the world. It can give more athletes access to personalized training methods, better sports equipment and more individualized programs to stay healthy,” he continued.
“Beyond sports performance, AI can revolutionize judging and officiating, making sports fairer. AI can improve sports safety measures. AI can make sporting events much more efficient and transform sports broadcasting, making the fan experience more personalized and immersive.”
The Olympics released the following statement:
At the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, a new AI-powered monitoring service will protect athletes and officials from online abuse. Following the publication of its Olympic AI Agenda, outlining the expected impact of AI on the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is demonstrating how AI can improve safety measures in sport. Paris 2024 will be the first time AI will be used to provide a safe online space for so many athletes competing simultaneously in many sports.
This is where Blackbird.AI's narrative intelligence platform called Constellation comes in. According to the report, Constellation aims to identify stories that are derived from some form of disinformation.
According to the Blackbird website, the Constellation is “[u]It uncovers new stories, secures real-time insights that go beyond social listening tools, and provides continuous visibility into evolving online conversations.”
Constellation can also provide context to process a given narrative, assess the level of risk, and ultimately dispel disinformation.
“We have an intelligence platform called Constellation that allows us to discover, analyze and investigate online conversations across all platforms. [help determine] “The risk that that poses, we're looking at the visibility of the story,” said Sarah Boutboul, an intelligence analyst at Blackbird AI.
Blackbird.AI said narrative attacks are typically defined as claims that have the potential to cause significant harm “by shaping perceptions about people, places, or things in the information ecosystem.”
Such attacks can lead to significant financial and reputational losses, especially if the story is fueled by misinformation.
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