Wimbledon to use AI commentary during tournament, considering other high-tech changes down the line

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Wimbledon’s All England Club will introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-powered commentary and captions for its coverage at this year’s tournament. 

"This new insight will help tennis fans to uncover anomalies and potential surprises in the singles draw, which would not be apparent by looking only at the players’ ranking," IBM, which developed the technology, said. 

IBM trained its watsonx AI platform to utilize the "unique language of tennis," and the All England Club has provided the platform access to player stats such as the power index, which analyzes performance, The Daily Telegraph reported. The technology will provide captions for highlights reels online, but could eventually lead to  airing live AI commentary.

Wimbledon has utilized AI in stats packages since 2017 to create the power index and other stats. 

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A 'The Championships' logo is seen at Centre Court during previews for the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 21, 2007 in London, England.  (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

IBM’s Kevin Farrar stressed that the company does not see the technology as an eventual replacement for commentary but rather as a tool to enhance the experience. 

"I see AI as very much complementing the human element, rather than replacing," Farrar said. "You can’t replace John McEnroe doing commentary, that human element always needs to be there. It’s very much supplementing and complementing."

"For Wimbledon, it’s