Jena: Appeal as an ironic protest against the soccer association

"Smorgasbord" of AI hallucinations

Previously, the presiding judge Fred Kreitlow had clearly justified his verdict. "It was relatively easy to examine the legal sources. If it is then repeatedly established that these sources are not correct, then it stands to reason that one should not make the mistake of taking everything from Chat GPT at face value without checking it," he said. Kreitlow spoke of a "smorgasbord of unverifiable 'AI hallucinations'" contained in the appeal.

Widera reacted with sharp criticism on behalf of the soccer club. "It's great that the NOFV is learning more and more about AI," said the statement, which also criticized the association's match scheduling.

"In this respect, we cannot be surprised that 73 pages of irony could not be captured, which is probably why we should have handed over the nine pages that we had to delete in total because they were too outrageous even for us," reported Widera.

NOFV boss calls for "common sense"

For the sports jurisdiction, the case is formally closed, as no further appeals can be lodged, but the unusual procedure will continue to occupy the association.

Even before the Jena statement, Winkler regretted the effort for the volunteer sports judges and hoped that situations like this would not set a precedent: "For us as an association, these are issues to be taken seriously and we use common sense."

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