AI’ s Olympic journey The relationship between AI and the Olympics started in 2018 when AI-powered bots greeted visitors at Pyeongchang, helping with language translation and directions, while autonomous vehicles shuttled guests between venues. But these were baby steps compared to what came next.
In April 2024, the International Olympic Committee( IOC) launched its Olympic AI Agenda, setting out a vision for how AI should be deployed in sport.
Then-President and now Honorary President of the IOC, Thomas Bach, said:“ We want to use the transformative power of AI to support athletes and to drive the development of sport.
“ This is about identifying talent; creating individualised training methods; making judging more objective; customising the individual viewing experience of billions of Olympic fans.”
Paris 2024 became the first Games to implement this AI strategy at scale, using the technology for everything
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