IBM AI Draw Analysis creates new tennis statistics and provides greater insight into a player’s potential path to the final.
London and Armonk, New York, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and The All England Lawn Tennis Club today announced new features for Wimbledon’s digital fan experience launching at this year’s championship.
- New artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities powered by IBM watsonx’s generative AI technology will generate tennis commentary for every video highlight package during the match. Wimbledon
- For the first time in tennis, the IBM AI draw analysis capabilities also provide new statistics that define how favorable a singles draw is for each player on the road to the final.
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IBM Brings Generative AI Commentary and AI Draw Analysis to Wimbledon Digital Experience
This new feature expands the Wimbledon app and suite of digital tools for fans on wimbledon.com.These are IBM and Wimbledon We are leveraging technology to allow fans to participate in the championship on a deeper level.
Explanation of IBM AI
The new AI Commentary feature provides fans watching match highlight videos with audio commentary and captions for key moments and can be toggled on or off. The tool is designed to give fans a more insightful experience when it comes to capturing the key moments of the match with the Wimbledon app and his highlights videos on wimbledon.com. This year’s introduction is another step in making commentary available in exciting ways outside of matches. Wimbledon’s Show Courts already provides live human commentary.
To develop this new capability, experts from IBM iX, an experience design partner within IBM Consulting, worked with the All England Club to leverage underlying models from IBM’s enterprise AI and data platform, watsonx. , trained an AI in its own language, tennis. We applied generative AI built on these foundational models to generate narrations with different sentence structures and vocabularies to make the clips informative and engaging.
IBM AI Drawing Analytics
Another new feature IBM is introducing this year is IBM AI Draw Analysis, the first statistics of its kind in tennis. It uses AI to define how favorable the road to the final is for each player in the singles draw. A player’s draw favorability is indicated by a scaled rating based on factors such as the player’s match against potential future opponents and how the player’s position in the draw compares to competitors. . This new insight will help tennis fans uncover anomalies and potential surprises in singles draws that may not be obvious from looking at player rankings alone, and will open up more discussion and support to the fan community. will encourage participation.
Usama al-Kassabthe All England Club’s Marketing & Commercial Director said: “We are constantly innovating together with our IBM partners, Wimbledon No matter where they are in the world, fans will have an insightful and engaging digital experience of the championship. This year, we are introducing new capabilities for our digital platform using IBM’s latest AI technology, allowing fans to learn more about singles draws and access various match commentary through match highlight videos. . ”
Jonathan AdashekIBM senior vice president of marketing and communications said: “IBM will bring a new layer of insight and engagement to the 2023 Championship through the use of groundbreaking new tools that leverage watsonx’s underlying models and generative AI. I’ve seen firsthand how you have the power to support sporting events. Wimbledon Expand your audience through superior digital experiences. The AI and data platform IBM uses to create unique fan experiences Wimbledon It’s the same technology we use to drive business transformation for clients in every sector and industry. ”
The new features introduced this year add to the suite of AI-powered digital tools for fans available on the Wimbledon app and wimbledon.com. These include the IBM Power Index Leaderboard, IBM Match Insights, and personalized highlight reels and recommendations. These digital features use over 100,000 data points from every shot played throughout the tournament and are analyzed by IBM’s Watson AI technology on the IBM Cloud to determine which players fans should follow and which opponents. It’s designed to make it easy to understand how it compares to and who is likely. to win. Fans can stay up-to-date and participate in the tournament with fresh information tailored to the players they follow.
Championship, Wimbledon will run from 3 July to 16 July 2023. To see the technology in action, visit wimbledon.com or download the Wimbledon App, available on the App Store and Google Play Store, to your mobile device.
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