You cannot be serious! Wimbledon turns to AI to offer commentary on daily highlight clips

You won't recognise the voice and are unlikely to hear any phrases that stick in the memory, because commentary on Wimbledon's app and website this year is being provided by artificial intelligence. The All England Club has announced that daily highlights clips will use AI commentary and text captions rather than human input. Traditionalists may not agree but the technology from IBM watsonx is being described as'an exciting way' to make commentary available beyond the courts. To develop the system the AI commentator has been trained to use the'unique language of tennis'. Dialogue for recorded highlights will also be generated with the use of a ball tracking data and information about the types of shot being used and locations of the players around the court.