The Artificial Intelligence-Dominated Olympic Games Are About to Begin

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have become a stage for artificial intelligence technology, with China's innovative strength attracting significant attention at this grand event.

At 1:30 AM Beijing time, the 2024 Paris Olympics officially opened. This Olympics is the first to extensively use AI technology, achieving full-process and full-scenario AI applications.

Chinese technology has performed exceptionally at this Olympics:

  • Over 11,000 hours of live content will be globally distributed through Alibaba Cloud
  • SenseTime, Baidu, Lenovo, and others have introduced AI elements into pre-competition training for multiple events
  • vivo, iQOO, and others have donated thousands of smart terminal devices to the Chinese national team
  • Xiaomi SU7 electric cars have appeared on the streets of Paris

On July 14, 1,100 drones from Shenzhen Longgang Gaoju Innovation performed a visually stunning "cyber fireworks" show in the Paris sky.

Chinese AI large models are fully deployed:

  • SenseTime's Ri Ri Xin 5.5 helps the Chinese national basketball team create AI smart basketball products
  • Baidu's Wenxin large model technology assists the Chinese national diving team in training
  • Lenovo AI PCs provide motion analysis for the Chinese national sailing team

In broadcasting:

  • Over 2/3 of live signals will be transmitted worldwide through Alibaba Cloud-supported Olympic Broadcasting Cloud
  • SenseTime will provide intelligent event broadcasting technology for table tennis and archery
  • Migu, Douyin, Kuaishou, Tencent, and other domestic platforms have secured broadcasting rights for this Olympics
  • China Media Group is the international media with the most broadcasting projects won

Chinese manufacturing also shines during the event:

  • "Chinese screens" are spread along both banks of the Seine
  • Hebei Yingli Ao provides flooring for 3x3 basketball and table tennis venues
  • DHS creates "color-changing" rainbow table tennis tables
  • Double Fish Sports supplies 34,000 table tennis balls
  • Chinese manufacturers largely undertake official peripheral products

Here are some AI-centric high-tech applications at this Olympics:

Pre-competition training:

  1. Basketball: SenseTime's AI smart basketball product can analyze athletes' status and ball trajectory in real-time

  2. Diving: Baidu developed an AI-assisted training system based on Wenxin Yiyan, capable of real-time scoring and analysis

  3. Sailing: Lenovo AI PCs assist in creating training plans, analyzing body movements and motion trajectories

  4. Swimming:

    • US team uses Gerford AI technology to analyze swimming postures
    • Australian team uses VR technology to simulate competition environments

  5. Cycling: China's Ruibao T24 track bike, weighing only 6.9kg, breaks foreign equipment monopoly

  6. Logistics:

    • vivo, iQOO, and others donate smart devices to the Chinese national team
    • Intel collaborates with IOC to analyze athletes' potential using AI

On-site spectating:

  1. Transportation:
    • 15,000 electric-assisted bicycles from China's Ninebot deployed
    • Toyota provides 2,650 electric vehicles and 700 solutions for people with disabilities