AI and tech innovations at Paris 2024: A game changer in sport
人工智能和科技创新如何助力2024 年巴黎奥运会
In a groundbreaking initiative, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched the Olympic AI Agenda in April 2024, setting out the envisioned impact that AI can deliver for sport. The Paris Games will witness the first examples of implementation.
国际奥委会 (IOC) 于 2024 年 4 月发起了一项开创性举措，推出了奥林匹克人工智能议程，阐述了人工智能可以为体育运动带来的预期影响。巴黎奥运会将见证首批实施实例。
Thomas Bach, IOC President:
“The IOC will use AI at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, in different areas. A very important one is safeguarding from cyber abuse, since we expect about half a billion social media posts during these Games. AI will also be used to create highlights videos in multiple formats and languages during these Games. We are also using AI to make the Olympic Games more sustainable, through a very sophisticated first-ever data capture and energy management system. AI is also opening up new ways for talent identification, and this project will be launched by us globally in 2025 to live up to the commitment we made that AI in sport must be accessible to everybody.”
国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫：
“国际奥委会将在 2024 年巴黎奥运会的不同领域使用人工智能。其中一个非常重要的问题是防止网络滥用，因为我们预计奥运会期间社交媒体帖子将达到 5 亿条。人工智能还将用于在奥运会期间制作多种格式和语言的精彩视频。我们还利用人工智能，通过非常先进的首个数据采集和能源管理系统，使奥运会更具可持续性。人工智能还为人才识别开辟了新的途径，我们将于 2025 年在全球范围内启动该项目，以兑现我们做出的承诺：体育领域的人工智能必须为每个人所用。”
Ilario Corna, IOC’s Chief Technology Officer:
“We will see some pioneering concepts at Paris 2024. We are taking a measured approach for now, to test and evaluate how AI can be used to enhance the Olympic Games and have them future-ready.”
国际奥委会首席技术官伊拉里奥·科纳 (Ilario Corna)：
“我们将在 2024 年巴黎奥运会上看到一些开创性的概念。我们目前正在采取谨慎的方法，测试和评估如何使用人工智能来增强奥运会的实力，并为奥运会做好未来准备。”
The development of the Olympic AI Agenda was supported by Worldwide Olympic Partners Alibaba, Deloitte, Intel and OMEGA and Media Rights-Holders, including Warner Bros. Discovery and NBC.
奥运会人工智能议程的制定得到了全球奥运会合作伙伴阿里巴巴、德勤、英特尔和欧米茄以及华纳兄弟探索频道和 NBC 等媒体版权持有者的支持。
The AI-powered monitoring system designed to protect athletes from online abuse was already announced earlier this year by the IOC. It will use AI to monitor hundreds of thousands of social media accounts and flag abusive messages for intervention by the relevant platforms. In addition, says Corna, athletes, who are at the heart of the Olympic Games, will also be able to test drive a new chat service that the IOC is providing in partnership with Intel, on the Athlete365 platform. He adds: “For accredited athletes at the Games, the service is designed to provide easy and quick answers to Frequently Asked Questions on topics such as social media guidelines, anti-doping rules, and Rule 50 regulations.”
国际奥委会今年早些时候已经宣布了旨在保护运动员免受网络虐待的人工智能监控系统。它将利用人工智能监控数十万个社交媒体账户，并标记滥用信息，以便相关平台进行干预。此外，Corna 表示，作为奥运会核心的运动员也将能够在 Athlete365 平台上测试国际奥委会与英特尔合作提供的新聊天服务。他补充道：“对于获得奥运会认证的运动员，该服务旨在为社交媒体指南、反兴奋剂规则和第 50 条规定等主题的常见问题提供简单快速的解答。”
There are also behind-the-scenes applications of AI that will pave the way for more efficient planning of the Olympic Games in the future. The energy consumption at Paris 2024 will be monitored in real time, and the captured data will be used to inform future planning.
“We started gathering various operational data as far back as 2020, to look at how we can make the management of the Olympic Games more efficient,” explains Corna. “For planning, we are now working with our Partner Intel using the concept of digital twinning, or digital representations of venues so we can foresee, for example, where we would need power, where we would need to place cameras, and if there could be any accessibility issues – all without needing to be on site every time. Using these digital twins of the Games venues, we can change the way we organise the Games.
The Olympic Movement’s Worldwide Information Technology Partner Atos will coordinate a team of 15 technology partners comprising over 2,000 experts, all working to make the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 fully connected, secure and digitally enabled.
人工智能的幕后应用也将为未来更高效的奥运会规划铺平道路。 2024 年巴黎奥运会的能源消耗将被实时监控，捕获的数据将用于为未来的规划提供信息。
“我们早在 2020 年就开始收集各种运营数据，以研究如何提高奥运会的管理效率，”Corna 解释道。 “在规划方面，我们现在正在与我们的合作伙伴英特尔合作，使用数字孪生或场馆数字表示的概念，以便我们可以预见，例如，哪里需要电力，哪里需要放置摄像头，以及是否可以解决任何可访问性问题 - 无需每次都在现场。利用这些奥运会场馆的数字孪生，我们可以改变组织奥运会的方式。
奥林匹克运动的全球信息技术合作伙伴 Atos 将协调一支由 15 个技术合作伙伴组成的团队，其中包括 2,000 多名专家，所有人都致力于使 2024 年巴黎奥运会和残奥会实现完全互联、安全和数字化。
Broadcast and engagement
In collaboration with the IOC's commercial and broadcast partners, AI will also be used by Olympic Broadcasting Services during Paris 2024 to improve internal workflows, enhance the viewer experience, enrich storytelling and better explain certain sports events.
To drive better efficiency for broadcasters, Alibaba Cloud launched OBS Cloud in conjunction with OBS in September 2018, and supported the broadcast coverage of Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022. The implementation of OBS Cloud provides an alternative to heavy investment for Media Rights-Holders and the host cities, as Olympic Games-related content can be transmitted over the cloud, effectively reducing the carbon footprint.
At the Olympic Games Paris 2024, OMEGA will act as the Official Timekeeper for the 31st time. Working with OMEGA, OBS will unlock the power of AI to deliver faster, more relevant, and insightful data during the Olympic Games. For example, intelligent stroboscopic analysis across diving, athletics and artistic gymnastics will enable viewers to better understand the movements and biomechanics of the athletes. In addition, in diving, OBS and OMEGA will use AI to generate enhanced data graphics, providing a new set of data on each athlete’s performance in the air and when entering the water. AI-based motion tracking technology will also help commentators and viewers keep track of athletes’ positions during canoe sprint, marathon, race walks, cycling road (road race and time trial), cycling mountain bike, marathon swimming, rowing, sailing and triathlon.
As the Official AI Platform Partner for Paris 2024, Intel will introduce innovative AI experiences to help transform the Olympic experience for fans, organisers, athletes and viewers across the globe. Automatic Highlights Generation will be introduced, which will automatically compile key moments from 14 sports and disciplines into tailored highlights reels, based on Media Rights-Holders’ preferences, to personalise their content and further engage their digital and social media audiences.
The automatic highlights inference engine is based on AI models that have been trained with use of the Intel Geti AI software tools, specialising in AI-supported visual content processing. The models have been trained sport by sport with content that was retrieved from the vast Olympic sports video archive.
赛事直播和互动
2024 年巴黎奥运会期间，奥林匹克广播服务公司还将与国际奥委会的商业和广播合作伙伴合作，使用人工智能来改善内部工作流程、增强观众体验、丰富故事讲述并更好地解释某些体育赛事。
为了提升转播商的效率，阿里云于2018年9月联合OBS推出OBS云，支持2020年东京奥运会和2022年北京奥运会的转播报道。OBS云的实施为媒体版权方和媒体版权方提供了除巨额投资外的另一种选择。主办城市，奥运会相关内容可以通过云端传输，有效减少碳足迹。
欧米茄将在 2024 年巴黎奥运会上第 31 次担任官方计时。 OBS 将与欧米茄合作，释放人工智能的力量，在奥运会期间提供更快、更相关、更有洞察力的数据。例如，跳水、田径和艺术体操领域的智能频闪分析将使观众更好地了解运动员的动作和生物力学。此外，在跳水方面，OBS和欧米茄将使用人工智能生成增强的数据图形，为每位运动员在空中和入水时的表现提供一组新数据。基于人工智能的运动跟踪技术还将帮助评论员和观众跟踪运动员在独木舟冲刺、马拉松、竞走、公路自行车（公路赛和计时赛）、山地自行车、马拉松游泳、划船、帆船和铁人三项比赛中的位置。
作为 2024 年巴黎奥运会的官方人工智能平台合作伙伴，英特尔将推出创新的人工智能体验，帮助改变全球球迷、组织者、运动员和观众的奥运体验。将推出自动精彩片段生成功能，根据媒体版权持有者的偏好，自动将 14 个体育项目和学科的关键时刻编译成定制的精彩片段，以个性化其内容并进一步吸引数字和社交媒体受众。
自动亮点推理引擎基于使用英特尔 Geti AI 软件工具训练的 AI 模型，专门从事 AI 支持的视觉内容处理。这些模型经过逐项训练，内容取自庞大的奥林匹克运动视频档案。
High-tech Opening Ceremony
Samsung, as the official Wireless Communication and Computing Equipment Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, will equip Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones on each country’s boat during the historic Opening Ceremony on the River Seine to offer a closer connection with this first-of-its-kind celebration by sharing on-board footage via an exclusive 5G network powered by Orange, the official mobile network provider of Paris 2024. This technology integration will also be used during the Olympic sailing competition to bring fans closer to the athletes, and the action on the water, than ever before.
高科技开幕式
三星作为奥运会和残奥会的官方无线通信和计算设备合作伙伴，在塞纳河上历史性的开幕式期间在各国的船上配备 Galaxy S24 Ultra 智能手机，以与这一首次举办的奥运会和残奥会建立更紧密的联系。通过由 2024 年巴黎奥运会官方移动网络提供商 Orange 提供支持的专属 5G 网络分享机上视频，以庆祝盛大的庆祝活动。这项技术集成也将在奥运会帆船比赛期间使用，让球迷比以往任何时候都更接近运动员和水上活动。
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