Through new, innovative uses of artificial intelligence, Baidu has created a personal assistant which produced machine generated, real-time commentaries for the recently finished Olympic basketball games in Rio. The assistant is named Duer and it can give live commentaries in natural languages alongside GIF’s and specific user comments. The personal assistant which was launched in September […]
The Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League have introduced a dynamic new way to provide fans with a wealth of information. iSPURS is essentially an advanced, search-driven “Frequently Asked Questions” page. Developed in-house, the information center automatically provides articles and other informational material based on search criteria. According to Ben Dellow, digital operations manager […]
This story was written by Lew Blaustein, who writes at the intersection of green and sports for his GreenSportsBlog. AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, hosts 100 million fans annually at more than 120 stadiums, arenas and other facilities around the world. In an effort to lower its energy use and minimize its […]
I’ve always assumed I would die young. I started growing back hair when I was 15, I noticed the hair on my head was falling out when I was 17, and on my 19th birthday, I discovered a varicose vein on the inside of my right thigh. So the writing was pretty much always on […]
Last year the Los Angeles Dodgers and R/GA formed a unique accelerator program that took ten sports technology startups and combined them with the business expertise and networks of the ballclub and international advertising agency. This first program ended on November 10th with the founders of all ten companies pitching their newly polished ventures on […]
