IEThe Irish Times
Don’t worry about athletes, the Robot Games showcases how they might replace the rest of us
AI Olympics won’t threaten elite sportspeople – I’m just happy there isn’t a sportswriting category
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- First seen
- 21 Aug 2026, 05:04 UTC
- Last checked
- 21 Aug 2026, 17:05 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 21 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Gavin Cooney
- Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
AI Olympics won’t threaten elite sportspeople – I’m just happy there isn’t a sportswriting category
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Don’t worry about athletes, the Robot Games showcases how they might replace the rest of us
AI Olympics won’t threaten elite sportspeople – I’m just happy there isn’t a sportswriting category
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- Capture ID
- #723
- Observed
- 21 Aug 2026, 05:04 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 601,044 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt