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Wimbledon's AI Announcer Was Inevitable

The Atlantic - Technology

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.


Wimbledon to use AI commentary during tournament, considering other high-tech changes down the line

FOX News

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.


Charlize Theron's Resume Example - ChatGPT Famous Resumes

#artificialintelligence

Many people consider John McEnroe to be one of the best tennis players to ever live. His resume serves as proof of his extraordinary talent and commitment to the game. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles championships, including three Wimbledon and four US Open crowns. In addition, he amassed nine Grand Slam doubles trophies and held the top singles and doubles rankings in the entire world. On the court, this degree of power is unequaled.


Tennis legend John McEnroe to face his toughest opponent yet – himself

FOX News

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Legendary tennis star John McEnroe will undoubtedly go up against his toughest opponent this week – himself. Michelob ULTRA invited the four-time U.S. Open champion to "celebrate his joy" and to look back at his career accomplishments. McEnroe will go head-to-head against five different versions of himself – in 1979 when he won his first Grand Slam title, becoming the world's No. 1 tennis star in 1981, excelling as a tennis player in 1982, arguably his best year ever in 1984 and his final year on the ATP in 1992.


John McEnroe is playing tennis against a virtual version of himself on ESPN

Engadget

Michelob Ultra and ESPN have decided to use AI to answer an enduring question: what would happen if tennis legend John McEnroe played against himself? An upcoming ESPN special entitled "McEnroe vs. McEnroe" will feature the 63-year-old star, who retired from singles competition in 1992, playing against a complicated, AI-trained version of himself. According to TechCrunch, the process for the actual game is fairly involved. After the real McEnroe sends a ball over the net, the AI avatar responds to its direction and "swings" -- at this point, a new ball is launched from a ball cannon, which is obscured by a smokescreen. The positioning of the ball cannon and smokescreen are designed to make the ball appear as if it's coming off the avatar's racket.


Alexander Payne stretches himself with 'Downsizing,' but the execution proves puny

Los Angeles Times

Toronto Diary: Ethan Hawke plays a man of the cloth in the haunting'First Reformed' Los Angeles Times critic Justin Chang on the double-Rachel feature (Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz) "Disobedience" and how TIFF 2017 has been a showcase of acting talent for the actress leads. Los Angeles Times critic Justin Chang on the double-Rachel feature (Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz) "Disobedience" and how TIFF 2017 has been a showcase of acting talent for the actress leads. 'First Reformed,' 'Downsizing' bring climate change to the fore "Will God forgive us for destroying his creation?" The man asking the question is the Rev. Toller (Ethan Hawke), an ex-military chaplain-turned-rural minister who finds himself undergoing a profound crisis of faith. He has already lost a son and a wife, and his insides are rotting from cancer, all of which might well drive even a devout believer to feel that God has abandoned him. But what genuinely haunts Toller, and inspires him to consider an act of extreme, violent desperation, is his eye-opening encounter with Michael (Philip Ettinger), a militant eco-activist who is terrified by the prospect of humanity's mass extinction. "First Reformed," Paul Schrader's somber, beautifully composed and entirely mesmerizing new drama, is not a work of particular subtlety. Its moral argument is as clear and crystalline as its images, shot by cinematographer Alexander Dynan in the nearly square academy-aspect ratio. The severity of Toller's convictions, as well as his disgust at the knowledge that his church has taken money from one of the town's biggest polluters, gives rise to an angry, confrontational question: Why have so many Christians rejected the science of climate change, effectively abdicated their God-given responsibility to look after the Earth?


Factbox: List of Wimbledon Men's Singles Champions

U.S. News

Tennis - Wimbledon - London, Britain - July 16, 2017 Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates winning the final against Croatia's Marin Cilic REUTERS/Toby Melville Reuters From 1877 to 1921 the men's singles was decided on a challenge-round system with the previous year's winner automatically qualifying for the final (British unless stated): Winner of all-comers' final declared champion. Not all U.S. presidents are missed once they leave the White House. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO urged governors to regulate artificial intelligence before it's too late. Administration officials traveled to Providence to gain support from key players like Gov. Brian Sandoval. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other foreign leaders reached out to U.S. governors ahead of slated talks.