Tennis fans tuning into the next Wimbledon tennis tournament in July can also tune into AI-generated commentary.
IBM is working with the All England Club to launch the new feature that will be accessible via the Wimbledon app and website, while fans can still choose to listen to regular commentary from the BBC.
The feature is powered by IBM’s Watsonx AI platform, has been trained in the “unique language of tennis,” and is slated to provide narration that is “informative and engaging.”
In just under a few seconds, the system tracks and collects data from around the court and of the players; it is then fed into the AI platform before a chatbot produces the commentary that can be relayed as text or audio to the viewer….