Atp's Ai Tool Blocks 162,000 'severe' Abuse Posts

The world's starring men's tennis players were shielded from much than 162,000 societal media posts containing "severe" maltreatment successful a twelvemonth nether a caller strategy powered by artificial intelligence, according to nan ATP.

An AI-driven information instrumentality scanned scanned much than 3.1m messages sent to nan world's apical 245 antheral players complete a 12-month play and hid nan abusive comments successful existent time.

The ATP - which governs men's master tennis - recovered done its Safe Sport Initiative that 1 successful 10 comments to nan antheral players contained abuse, while nan ratio was arsenic precocious arsenic 50% connected definite players' pages.

"Safe Sport creates a healthier online environment, free from hateful comments and antagonistic messages," said Dusan Lajovic, an ATP subordinate advisory assembly member.

The ATP said much than 3,300 comments had been escalated for action to beryllium taken successful consequence since it started nan inaugural successful July 2024 - making it disposable to nan world's apical 250 men's singles players and nan apical 50 successful doubles.

It identified 68 group who sent maltreatment - pinch 28 referrals made to nan police.

While a important magnitude of maltreatment was discovered, Safe Sport was incapable to observe each instant of abuse.

Online maltreatment has been rife wrong nan women's crippled for a number of years.

British number 2 Katie Boulter shared nan standard of nan online maltreatment she suffers connected a regular ground pinch BBC Sport successful June.

The 29-year-old said nan maltreatment accrued astir Grand Slams and aft defeats.

"At nan very commencement of my career, it's astir apt thing I took very personally... getting comments astir nan measurement you look," said Boulter.

"It becomes much evident each azygous clip you spell connected your phone.

"I deliberation it increases successful number and it besides increases successful nan level of things that group say. I don't deliberation there's thing disconnected nan cards now."

Former world number 3 Elina Svitolina was targeted pinch decease threats pursuing her conclusion by Naomi Osaka astatine nan Canadian Open earlier this month.