WADA hopes to use artificial intelligence to catch dopers - Cycling Weekly

For years, anti-doping authorities have struggled against the ever-evolving campaigns cheaters use to gain an advantage. Cycling's history can be traced back by the developments in banned substances, from amphetamines to blood boosters and transfusions. While those chasing the dopers have been able to evolve their methods in response to the changing tides, the use of performance enhancing drugs continues to blight the cycling world, as proven by the recent Operation Aderlass blood doping scandal. But the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is turning its eye to a new method of detecting who is using clandestine methods to gain an advantage – artificial intelligence. WADA and the Fonds de recherche du Québec (Québec research fund) announced this week that it has handed over funding to three separate projects that will explore the possible uses of AI in the fight against doping.