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    Wimbledon's new AI line judges face player backlash

    Wimbledon replaced human line judges with an electronic line-calling system this year, and tennis players aren't happy about it. Stars like Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper criticized the tech over missed out-calls, while other matches suffered shutdowns and lighting issues. Fully ditching humans on the court is turning out to be bumpier than organizers expected.

  2. IndustryReach 36

    Wimbledon brings AI-generated commentary to tennis highlights

    Wimbledon is teaming up with IBM to roll out AI-generated audio commentary and captions for match highlights on its official app and website. The watsonx platform analyzes court and player tracking data to produce natural tennis commentary in near-real-time. While it is limited to video clips for now, IBM views it as an early step toward AI commentary for full matches.