The 2024 U.S. Tennis Open is coming soon. IBM and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) are working together to use the AI technology of the Watsonx platform to bring an unprecedented digital experience upgrade to fans and athletes. This cooperation will apply artificial intelligence to event reporting and interaction, improve the efficiency of information transmission, and provide viewers with a richer and more convenient viewing experience. The new AI features include match reports, AI commentary and upgraded SlamTracker, aiming to provide global audiences with more comprehensive event coverage and deeper match analysis.
As the 2024 U.S. Open Tennis Championships approaches, fans and athletes will experience an unprecedented digital experience. IBM and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) have joined forces again to launch a series of new AI functions to improve the efficiency of event interaction and information transmission. These AI features powered by the watsonx platform will provide more detailed post-match summaries, more vivid AI commentary and a fully upgraded SlamTracker during the game.
This year, IBM specifically launched AI-generated match reports covering every men's and women's singles match, allowing viewers to get detailed analysis within minutes of the match. These reports not only include player performance, statistics and highlights, but are also reviewed and supplemented by the USTA editorial team to ensure the accuracy and authoritativeness of the content. IBM said the technology will allow the USTA to deliver information to fans at all 254 Main Event singles events at an unprecedented speed and scale.
In addition, IBM's AI commentary capabilities have also been enhanced, and fans can listen to updated English commentary and subtitles on the digital platform, adding more interest to the highlight videos of the men's and women's singles matches. This year's commentary is more frequent, lively and emotional, allowing viewers to relive the highlights of the game in minutes.
The redesigned SlamTracker is also worth looking forward to. Fans can get detailed analysis before, during and after the game, including winning rate predictions, point-by-point analysis and game summaries. The launch of this series of new features aims to provide global fans with comprehensive coverage of the game and ensure that everyone can grasp the game dynamics at the first time.
Not only that, IBM and USTA's philanthropic foundation also collaborated to launch free vocational training courses for students, teachers and the public from the A Foundation's National Youth Tennis and Learning (NJTL) project to help increase participation and help IBM's " Help 30 million people improve their skills by 2030” goal.
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? This year the US Open will introduce AI-generated post-match reports, with detailed analysis available within minutes of the match.
? IBM’s AI commentary function has been upgraded, allowing viewers to experience more frequent and vivid game reviews.
IBM partners with USTA to provide vocational training courses to help increase educational participation and support disadvantaged groups.
Through IBM's advanced AI technology, the 2024 U.S. Tennis Open will bring a smarter, more interactive, and more immersive viewing experience to global audiences. At the same time, IBM also actively fulfills its social responsibilities and gives back to the society through vocational training projects. . This is undoubtedly a successful attempt to combine sports events with technology, and it heralds the direction of the digital transformation of sports events in the future.