Paris Olympics highlight AI in sports, boosting Indian tech opportunities

At the Olympic Games that ended on Sunday in Paris, artificial intelligence (AI) was used for everything from filtering out abusive posts on social media to better planning for energy efficiency at the venues.

AthleteGPT, a chatbot built using an AI model by French AI startup Mistral, answered queries from participants on venues, guidelines and more. Referees and judges could be more accurate with the precision and real-time insights due to AI. Audience engagement was enriched with AI-made highlight reels as well as AI-augmented motion tracking and replays. The technology was also used, controversially, for enhanced security in the French capital for the duration of the event, helping to track suspicious activity on camera feeds.