Wimbledon bosses have defended the use of AI line judges after Jack Draper said the technology was not "100% accurate". The British No 1 said it was "a shame" human line judges were ousted after crashing out in the second round to the 36-year-old former finalist Marin Cilic. Draper, 23, grew frustrated with the AI-enhanced Hawk-Eye technology during Thursday's match, holding his arms out in disbelief after one of his opponent's serves was not called out in the fourth set. "I don't think it's 100% accurate in all honesty," he said in his post-match press conference. "A couple of the ones today, it showed a mark on the court. There's no way the chalk would have showed that. I guess it cannot be 100% accurate – it's millimetres."

Wimbledon gets under way today with line judges scrapped for the first time in the tournament's 148-year history - replaced by AI-powered technology. Some of the sport's biggest stars have descended on south-west London for the showpiece two-week event at the All England Club - including defending singles champions Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejčíková. Britain's hopes rest on Jack Draper, Katie Boulter, Cameron Norrie and Emma Raducanu, who will battle through back injury in an attempt to win her second career Grand Slam. And all eyes are on how this year's occasion copes with a shift in the way the game is umpired, as human line judges are replaced by artificial intelligence systems instead. The controversial decision has left fans torn, with some praising the forward-thinking idea while others disliking the idea of technology taking the place of a person.

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Wimbledon will break with tradition and replace line judges with electronic line calling from next year's championships, the All England Club confirmed. The sight of immaculately dressed line judges standing or crouching at the side and back of the grass courts has been a feature at the Grand Slam for 147 years. Electronic line calling was first used as an experiment at the ATP Next Gen Finals in Milan in 2017 and was adopted more widely during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be used on all courts across ATP Tour events from 2025. The Australian Open and US Open have already replaced line judges with electronic calling although the French Open still relies on the human eye.

Uri Levine Co-founder of Waze, joined the Brian Kilmeade Show to discuss new book Fall In Love with the Problem, Not the Solution and why he thinks AI brings more opportunities and innovation. Wimbledon's All England Club will introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-powered commentary and captions for its coverage at this year's tournament. "This new insight will help tennis fans to uncover anomalies and potential surprises in the singles draw, which would not be apparent by looking only at the players' ranking," IBM, which developed the technology, said. IBM trained its watsonx AI platform to utilize the "unique language of tennis," and the All England Club has provided the platform access to player stats such as the power index, which analyzes performance, The Daily Telegraph reported. The technology will provide captions for highlights reels online, but could eventually lead to airing live AI commentary.

Fingers jabbing towards umpires, angry words and racquet smashing are familiar sights on the tennis court. On Sunday, Britain's Johanna Konta was the latest player to vent her fury over a line call, shouting at an umpire while playing in the final of the Nature Valley Open in Nottingham: "It's an absolute joke. You're making decisions that affect our lives. Do you fully understand that?" The computer technology exists to coolly, calmly and robotically decide whether a ball was in or out on every line call - removing the need for human line judges on court - but then, where would be the fun in introducing that?