Caught in suspicion of using AI leading to errors, SEA Games Organizing Committee apologizes again: Thai Government steps in

The 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee has just made an official announcement about the allegations of using AI to design images.

The Thai government has sent someone to monitor the media activities of the 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee.

According to the famous Thai sports newspaper Siamsport , the 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee has faced a wave of fierce criticism from fans in this country after posting a poster advertising the "33rd SEA Games Virtual Run". Siamsport described that the SEA Games Organizing Committee used AI technology to design the poster, making the image lack vitality and even having many spelling mistakes.

“A major event like the 33rd SEA Games still uses AI-generated images. More regrettably, some errors have been discovered such as fonts and graphic elements, and spacing are not synchronized. Many people are now questioning the working process of the Organizing Committee and calling on these people to quickly change everything and improve work performance,” Siamsport expressed.

Many Thai fans criticized because they thought that the SEA Games 33 Organizing Committee used AI to design the images.

PHOTO: SCREENSHOT

In just a few days, the 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee has been criticized for making serious mistakes in posting information. Previously, on December 2, on the SEA Games 33 propaganda page, in the futsal match schedule section, the image of the Indonesia vs. Thailand match at 6:30 p.m. at Chonburi Stadium also caused great outrage when the Vietnamese national flag was mistakenly assigned to the Thai team, while the Indonesian flag was replaced by the Lao flag. Although the 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee has removed this serious error, there has been no action to explain the reason for the error. The host side has also not apologized as they apologized for the sound problem in the match between U.23 Vietnam and U.23 Laos, which took place at Rajamangala Stadium (December 3).

According to Thairath , the Thai Government is aware of the incident and has sent someone to monitor the communication activities of the 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee.

Thai newspaper commented: “When asked about the use of AI that caused the 33rd SEA Games information to be distorted, Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Lieutenant Colonel Thammanat Prompao, had begun the process of monitoring everything. Mr. Thammanat Prompao declared that Thai authorities will strictly handle the cases of distortion and not let any incidents happen again.”

SEA Games 33 Organizing Committee apologizes

Faced with criticism from fans for continuously providing inaccurate information, on the afternoon of December 4, the official website of SEA Games 33 issued an apology.

The 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee must apologize for errors in the information dissemination process.

PHOTO: SEA GAMES 33 Organizing Committee

The 33rd SEA Games Organizing Committee wrote: “Because the SEA GAMES Thailand 2025 fanpage has the main task of taking pictures, posting articles, writing news, and content according to the direction of the Tournament Organizing Committee; at the same time supporting communication and public relations for the 33rd SEA Games, the fanpage has received information from many units to disseminate and provide data widely to the people in the past time.

However, in some cases, images or information received for communication may contain incorrect or inaccurate data, which is beyond the control of the fanpage. However, the fanpage still tries its best to check the accuracy of the information before posting, and always supports the publication and dissemination of information about the SEA Games in the most correct way.

We sincerely apologize for any errors in the information or images previously communicated. Thank you for your notification, recommendations and comments. We will accept all comments to improve and enhance our communication work in the future.

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