#ai-in-sports

#ai-in-sports

There's a classic Simpsons episode in which the sly businessman Mr. Burns recruits real Major League Baseball players to join his company softball team in order to win a bet. But when the championship is on the line, Mr. Burns pulls eight-time National League all-star Darryl Strawberry for a substitute, Homer Simpson. "You're a left-hander, and so is the pitcher. If I send up a right-handed batter, it's called playing the percentages," Mr. Burns says to Strawberry. "It's what smart managers do to win ballgames."

Amazon's Prime Video is bringing more AI to the football field with new features designed to give viewers more insight into Thursday Night Football games, as highlighted earlier by Deadline. One feature, called Pocket Health, uses AI to analyze "tens of thousands of data points" across the offensive line during a play, allowing Prime Video to display on-screen visuals indicating the threat level to a quarterback.

At the 2025 Beijing E-Town Half Marathon, a remarkable showdown is set as humanoid robots race alongside humans, raising questions about human superiority in running.