Alibaba tech tapped to provide Olympic athletes with AI assistants
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has adopted Alibaba’s technology to power a large language model (LLM) which will assist with broadcasting and public services at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Games. The LLM is built based on Alibaba’s flagship AI model Qwen and primarily powers interactive Q&A platforms. Qwen will power the “IOC AI Assistant” designed for national delegations. The AI assistant has ingested millions of words from official manuals to provide native-language answers regarding weather, venue locations, operational details and parking permits. A separate AI assistant built for the public can answer queries about competition rules and Olympic history. Users can also request the assistant to retrieve specific historical video footage of athletes using their native language.
