Wimbledon's AI Announcer Was Inevitable
The Wimbledon announcer sounds a little like Helen Mirren if she'd just been hit with a polo mallet. I'm watching match highlights between Ons Jabeur and Magdalena Fręch on the tournament's website when a voice says, "Jabeur, from Tunisia, will play Fręch, from Poland, on the renowned No. 1 court in the first round." Fręch is mispronounced, as is Tunisia, and the word renowned is used oddly dispassionately, as if it were being repeated for a competitor at a spelling bee. This is a commentary chatbot, introduced with considerable fanfare at the All England Club this year. Another version, a "male" voice, sounds like your uncle from Queens trying to do a Hugh Grant impression.
Jul-5-2023, 22:03:00 GMT
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