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AI at the World Cup: smarter tactics, healthy players, safer crowds – but new risks

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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (81st percentile)

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Title
AI at the World Cup: smarter tactics, healthy players, safer crowds – but new risks
Published by
The Conversation, June 2026
DOI 10.64628/aa.qx69n5t35
Authors

Isaiah Jesse Elstak, Paul Salmon, Scott McLean

Abstract

This year’s World Cup will be the biggest ever – it also promises to be the most technologically advanced.

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Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 92. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 July 2026.
All research outputs
#588,066
of 34,596,607 outputs
Outputs from The Conversation
#71,101
of 214,284 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,176
of 361,027 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The Conversation
#998
of 5,438 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,596,607 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 214,284 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 98.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 361,027 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 5,438 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 81% of its contemporaries.