{"id":1985956,"date":"2023-07-29T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-wimbledons-play-by-play-commentary-sound-funny-thats-because-it-was-ai-generated\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:39:36","slug":"did-wimbledons-play-by-play-commentary-sound-funny-thats-because-it-was-ai-generated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-wimbledons-play-by-play-commentary-sound-funny-thats-because-it-was-ai-generated\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon&#8217;s commentary was AI-generated, hence the humor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdid-wimbledons-play-by-play-commentary-sound-funny-thats-because-it-was-ai-generated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985956&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Did Wimbledon&#8217;s Play-by-Play Commentary Sound Funny? That&#8217;s Because It Was AI-Generated<\/h2>\n<p>During Wimbledon this month, there was one noticeable \u200bdifference for those watching the highlight reels compared with past years.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dinternational tennis \u2064tournament\u2063 in London saw AI-generated commentary for\u200b the first time in \u200cthe sport during the replays\u2064 of\u200d some matches.<\/p>\n<p>Although it wasn\u2019t \u200bused during primetime television, the\u200b IBM-powered technology produced and narrated commentary for all match\u200b highlights. The video clips come with captions, an option that users can toggle on or off.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-ai-soon-issuing-parking-tickets-multi-city-pilot-program-proves-successful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a> \u200d also provided a new feature \u2064for predicting \u2064each player\u2019s probability of\u2064 winning the final \u2062based on scores, statistics, and expert opinions, according to an IBM <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/2023-06-21-IBM-Brings-Generative-AI-Commentary-and-AI-Draw-Analysis-to-the-Wimbledon-Digital-Experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news\u200b release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The watsonx AI platform was trained in \u201cthe unique language of tennis,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>IBM&#8217;s Evolving Partnership with Wimbledon<\/h3>\n<p>The innovative technology\u2019s introduction was the \u2062latest example of \u200cIBM\u2019s evolving partnership \u2064with the All\u2062 England Lawn\u2064 Tennis Club\u2019s\u200c Wimbledon Championships. The two have worked together since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen first-hand how these technologies\u2062 have the power to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlbpa-open-to-moving-all-star-game-from-georgia-following-blm-pressure-over-voting-reform-bill\/\" title=\"MLBPA \u2018Open\u2019 To Moving All-Star Game From Georgia Following BLM Pressure Over Voting Reform Bill\">major sporting events<\/a> like \u2062Wimbledon \u200dto grow \u2062their audiences through outstanding digital experiences,\u201d Jonathan Adashek, IBM\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> of marketing and communications, said in\u2063 a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AI and data platform that IBM is using to create unique fan experiences for\u2064 Wimbledon is the same \u2063technology that we\u2019re using\u2062 to drive\u200b business transformation with clients across all sectors and industries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The IBM-created AI\u200d system is not intended to replace \u2062Wimbledon\u2019s live human commentary \u2014 at\u200b least that \u200dwasn\u2019t the case for this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox &#038;\u200b Friends,\u201d Hall of Fame \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-megan-rapinoe-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tennis<\/a> coach Rick Macci expressed his excitement for\u2063 the technology as to how it could add to the audience\u2019s enjoyment of the sport without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-wimbledons-play-by-play-commentary-sound-funny-thats-because-it-was-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-scientists-claim-they-can-now-reverse-engineer-deepfakes\/\" title=\"Facebook Scientists Claim They Can Now Reverse-Engineer Deepfakes\">ai-generated<\/a>\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Wimbledon&#8217;s commentary was AI-generated, hence the humor.&#8221;>replacing human commentators initially<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need storytelling, you\u200c need a personality, you\u2063 need soul through the whole thing because a \u2063lot of the fans connect with the announcer,\u201d \u2063Macci said, before speculating a \u201chybrid situation\u201d of both humans \u2063and computers\u200c will become mainstream in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-tiptoes-around-uyghur-genocide-jokes-about-china-taunting-world-before-olympics\/\" title=\"'SNL' Tiptoes Around Uyghur Genocide, Jokes About China Taunting World Before Olympics\">sports commentary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After that, he \u200csaid, the robots \u2064will take over the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s safe to say \u2063the bots are going to \u200dcall the shots,\u201d Macci said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Experience the\u200c AI Technology<\/h3>\n<p>To witness the\u2063 AI technology\u200d as it was used this \u2064year, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/video\/highlights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon.com<\/a> or download the Wimbledon app. From there, select a video, click on the headphones logo in the corner and choose \u201cAI commentary\u201d mode.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 2023 Wimbledon Championships ran from July 3-16.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wimbledons-play-play-commentary-sound-funny-ai-generated\/\">Did Wimbledon&#8217;s Play-by-Play Commentary Sound Funny? That&#8217;s Because It Was AI-Generated<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Wimbledon this month, AI-generated commentary made its debut in the sport. The international tennis tournament in London featured this IBM-powered technology during replays of select matches. While not utilized in primetime television, it marked a noticeable change for viewers compared to previous years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":1985957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}