Seattle Seahawks Select Amazon In Utilizing Artificial Intelligence To Help Make Smarter Decisions On The Field

The Seattle Seahawks will now be utilizing Amazon Web Services in bringing artificial intelligence ... [ ] and machine learning to their game preparation in hopes to make more efficient on the field decisions. Amazon has deep roots in Seattle which are about to get deeper. The company announced it will be expanding its services within the NFL, after partnering with the Seattle Seahawks to provide the team with its cloud and machine learning/artificial intelligence offerings. In the comprehensive partnership, the company will move the vast majority of its infrastructure to AWS and will also provide wide-ranging services, including computing, storage and database, as well as analytics intended to drive game strategy decisions for the team. Amazon's NFL Next Gen Stats offering has been providing player tracking data throughout this season and the Seahawks will utilize their data, that tracks the position of the ball on the field as well as every player 10 times per second, to provide detailed information on each player's impact on the field.