PSA: Stop using AI as a source for football stats. It’s a literal hallucination machine.

PSA: Stop using AI as a source for football stats. It’s a literal hallucination machine.

I am officially done relying on AI for anything involving actual facts.

I asked for a simple breakdown of the UEFA Europa League - Quarter-final matches from last week - final scores, corners, and cards. On the surface, the response looked professional and organized. It got the scores right, so I almost took the rest at face value.

Big mistake.

Once I actually bothered to fact-check, I realized the AI had completely fabricated almost every single stat. It didn't just "miss a corner" - it pulled entire numbers out of thin air to fill out the table. Look at the image I’ve attached. It’s a side-by-side of the AI's "data" vs. the actual reality of the matches.

  • It claimed 11 corners for a match that had 7.
  • It hallucinated 5 yellow cards for a game where only 1 was actually given.
  • It’s basically fan-fiction disguised as a spreadsheet.

The most dangerous part is how confident it sounds while it’s lying to your face. It would rather invent a fake reality than just say "I don't have the corner stats for that game."

TL;DR: AI is a pathological liar when it comes to hard data. Use it for your creative writing homework, but keep it far away from your sports stats.

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