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Title: Why Hashtag United signed and sold AI footballers: 'AI is not going anywhere'
Link: Original article on nytimes.com
Region: GB
Topics: going; owen; club; signed; technology; ai; sold; footballers; football; team; players; hashtag; united; Hashtag United F.C.; Hashtag; Premier League; Artificial intelligence; Instagram; YouTube; Association football; Social media; Esports; Football Manager; FIFA (video game series); Photorealism; Isthmian League; Non-disclosure agreement; QR code; Robotics; Gym; Stereotype; Robot; Selfie
Datetime: 4/2/2026, 4:50:18 AM
Summary: We first speak a few weeks after Hashtag United, whose men’s team compete in English football’s seventh tier, completed the sale of two AI footballers, Holly Durango and Harvey Casper, to online chagrin. Advertisement“The most embarrassing post I’ve seen a football club post,” read one Instagram comment, liked more than 1,800 times, when Hashtag unveiled Durango and Casper. 🚨 AI PLAYERS CONTRACTED! We are delighted to announce the double signing of Holly and Harvey who become the world’s first AI professional footballers. If we’ve got any chance for the football club to become professional, we need to be very different....
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