to come as we reflect on enland's _ to come as we reflect on england's final- _ to come as we reflect on england's final in i _ to come as we | reflect on england's final in the euros. �* , a, a, a, , reflect on england's final in the euros. �* , a, a, h, , a euros. justin paolini has secured her sot euros. justin paolini has secured her spot in _ euros. justin paolini has secured her spot in the — euros. justin paolini has secured her spot in the women's - euros. justin paolini has secured her spot in the women's final - euros. justin paolini has secured her spot in the women's final at | her spot in the women's final at wimbledon. incredibly, six weeks ago paolini had never reached the semifinal of a grand slam. she is heading into a second majorfinal. it was her opponent who started strongest and when the first set, but paolini fought back to take it to a decider. paolini sealed victory on her third match point in the deciding tie—break. it was two hours and 51 minutes. it was the longest wimbledon women's semifinal in history. her opponent will be

another first—time finalist. when she lost the first set, it looked like she was on her way to a speedy exit. besylate coach janne novotna, she never gives up. she sealed a famous win here. on friday, our attention turns to the men's single semifinal. daniil medvedev and not fact djokovic are both playing. england are very much on the airport in the first test at lord's. they had another superb day with the

ball. the record wicket taker started made 171 earlier. the west indies were left 79 46. it is still hundred and 71 short. england's women are looking to wrap up a an overall t20 victory. sylvie ecclestone removed amelia kerr in her first over. they finished hundred and eight. england are not long finished their response. they are currently 3a 41. england are to nail up in the first series. england

are enjoying a day out after beating the netherlands yesterday. this are enjoying a day out after beating the netherlands yesterday.- the netherlands yesterday. this is coin: the netherlands yesterday. this is auoin to the netherlands yesterday. this is going to be _ the netherlands yesterday. this is going to be tough. _ the netherlands yesterday. this is going to be tough. they _ the netherlands yesterday. this is going to be tough. they are - the netherlands yesterday. this is going to be tough. they are on - the netherlands yesterday. this is| going to be tough. they are on the brink_ going to be tough. they are on the brink of— going to be tough. they are on the brink of history. no english team has ever— brink of history. no english team has ever won a major tournament abroad _ has ever won a major tournament abroad ever. they have won the euros in englane _ abroad ever. they have won the euros in england. they won the world cup in england. they won the world cup in englane — in england. they won the world cup in england. that would be history, to win abroad. it's football coming home? _ to win abroad. it's football coming home? i_ to win abroad. it's football coming home? i am — to win abroad. it's football coming home? lam banning to win abroad. it's football coming home? i am banning that statement. the tour de france continues in france —

the tour de france continues in france. ., ., , ., , , france. the main group edged dropped to sixth overall. _ france. the main group edged dropped to sixth overall. markov _ france. the main group edged dropped to sixth overall. markov cavendish - to sixth overall. markov cavendish was fifth. lewis will have more sport later on. you're watching the context on bbc news. it is time for our new weekly segment — ai decoded. welcome to ai decoded, that time of the week when we look in depth at some of the most eye—catching stories in the world of artificial intelligence. this week, ai decoded has been to wimbledon where we caught up with their technology partner ibm to find out more about the integration of ai and data analytics at the tennis tournament. we'll discover how ibm's ai systems handle and process extensive data to enhance the public�*s experience of the tennis, as well as helping to assess player performance in real—time as featured here the drum. and later in the programme we will also be speaking to players and wimbledon officials over how the grand slam tennis tournament is using artificial intelligence

to protect players from online death threats and other online abuse as seen this week in the telegraph. with me is priya lakhani, our regular ai presenter and contributor, as well as ceo of ai education company, century tech. you have been busy. what have you been up to? the you have been busy. what have you been up to?— been up to? the article is about wimbledon _ been up to? the article is about wimbledon using _ been up to? the article is about wimbledon using iia _ been up to? the article is about wimbledon using iia to - been up to? the article is aboutj wimbledon using iia to increase experience of the match and the game. fan engagement drives every single sport. if you have high fan engagement you will have higher ticket sales. it is essential for sports. with artificial intelligence, it is now possible to increase that engagement. sports leagues have their own following. wimbledon has many followers. a

single player or a few players can have a bigger following than the sport itself. bob djokovic has 9.2 million followers. novak djokovic. supporting your national team is really important. itjust drives that emotional connection. it makes the fans more engaged in that experience. i went along and spoke to a lot of people to find out how they were using data and structured data. it wasn't an incredible experience to hear what they were doing. let experience to hear what they were doinu . . experience to hear what they were doinu. . . ~ experience to hear what they were doinu. , ., ~ ., ., ., ~' experience to hear what they were doinu. , ., ~ ., ., ,., doing. let us take a look at your da at doing. let us take a look at your day at wimbledon. _

iam super i am super excited. the players are warming up right behind me. why are we here? the wimbledon team have teamed up with ibm are using i artificial techno g. predictions about who is going to win. let us go take a look. there's a lot of action happening here. let us go and have a look. kevin, you are the ibm

representative for wimbledon. tell me about the ideation for this app. we have been working with at wimbledon since 1990. we have a year-round — wimbledon since 1990. we have a year—round process of innovation. we work together with the wimbledon team to _ work together with the wimbledon team to co—create. it starts with the different types of fans. different fans consume content in different — different fans consume content in different ways. it starts with paper and pen. _ different ways. it starts with paper and pen, sketching out ideas. then we try— and pen, sketching out ideas. then we try some — and pen, sketching out ideas. then we try some things out over the summer— we try some things out over the summer and we try some things out over the summerand autumn. then we try some things out over the summer and autumn. then we reconvene in summer and autumn. then we reconvene in the _ summer and autumn. then we reconvene in the autumn— summer and autumn. then we reconvene in the autumn to decide which features— in the autumn to decide which features that we want to implement for the _ features that we want to implement for the following championships. and which _ for the following championships. and which ones _ for the following championships. and which ones are in the hopper for future _ which ones are in the hopper for future consideration. it is a process— future consideration. it is a process of co—creation and collaboration. it is design thinking and it— collaboration. it is design thinking and it is_

collaboration. it is design thinking and it is agile. working together to bring _ and it is agile. working together to bring the _ and it is agile. working together to bring the tournament to life. how have ou bring the tournament to life. how have you used — bring the tournament to life. fin" have you used artificial intelligence to enhance that user fan experience? brute intelligence to enhance that user fan experience?— intelligence to enhance that user fan experience? we have been using ai for a number— fan experience? we have been using ai for a number of— fan experience? we have been using ai for a number of years _ fan experience? we have been using ai for a number of years now. - fan experience? we have been using ai for a number of years now. for. ai for a number of years now. for this year— ai for a number of years now. for this year and _ ai for a number of years now. for this year and last year, we are building — this year and last year, we are building on some features from last year~ _ building on some features from last year~ we _ building on some features from last year. we are using abms enterprise and data _ year. we are using abms enterprise and data platform. we have a number of foundation modeljewels. this is a large _ of foundation modeljewels. this is a large language module that teaches the language of tennis, the language of wimbledon and refining some of the nuances of the language, such as the nuances of the language, such as the ladies _ the nuances of the language, such as the ladies and gentlemen singles rather— the ladies and gentlemen singles rather than men and women. we make shall we _ rather than men and women. we make shall we put _ rather than men and women. we make shall we put the data that is input is trusted — shall we put the data that is input is trusted. we make sure it aligned

with regulatory requirements. we make _ with regulatory requirements. we make the — with regulatory requirements. we make the shortfall narratives, short form stories about the players if you want — form stories about the players if you want to hear about throughout the tournament. i you want to hear about throughout the tournament.— you want to hear about throughout the tournament. i was quite excited lookin: at the tournament. i was quite excited looking at the _ the tournament. i was quite excited looking at the input _ the tournament. i was quite excited looking at the input data. _ the tournament. i was quite excited looking at the input data. i - the tournament. i was quite excited looking at the input data. i thought| looking at the input data. i thought you would have data feeding into a machine. you just have a couple of ibm people and they are feeding in and capturing the data from every shot. what elements are using in terms of your technology? the data capture some of which is human and some of which is al. brute capture some of which is human and some of which is al.— some of which is al. we tackle -la ers some of which is al. we tackle players and — some of which is al. we tackle players and we _ some of which is al. we tackle players and we took _ some of which is al. we tackle players and we took the - some of which is al. we tackle l players and we took the players attack _ players and we took the players attack the ball. the trajectory of the ball. — attack the ball. the trajectory of the ball, hitting the line or not hitting — the ball, hitting the line or not hitting the line. it is the same

that— hitting the line. it is the same that is— hitting the line. it is the same that is a — hitting the line. it is the same that is a combination of ai in humans _ that is a combination of ai in humans in _ that is a combination of ai in humans in the loop. the reason we are doing _ humans in the loop. the reason we are doing this is to create content that compliments the wimbledon experience. we are able to inform about— experience. we are able to inform about the — experience. we are able to inform about the great matches, great players — about the great matches, great players in — about the great matches, great players in the matches are coming up. players in the matches are coming up this _ players in the matches are coming up this is — players in the matches are coming up this is a — players in the matches are coming up. this is a stepping stone to being — up. this is a stepping stone to being able to write stories and produce — being able to write stories and produce content to complement the human— produce content to complement the human stories, around perhaps the wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite — wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite parts _ wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite parts of _ wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite parts of the _ wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite parts of the app - wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite parts of the app is - wheelchairs, the seniors etc. one of my favourite parts of the app is the l my favourite parts of the app is the prediction of who is going to win. i was very disappointed that the prediction for raducanu did not quite come to pass. with

prediction for raducanu did not quite come to pass.— prediction for raducanu did not quite come to pass. with our new catch me at _ quite come to pass. with our new catch me at feature, _ quite come to pass. with our new catch me at feature, there - quite come to pass. with our new catch me at feature, there is - quite come to pass. with our new catch me at feature, there is a i catch me at feature, there is a story— catch me at feature, there is a story written in advance of a match. we see _ story written in advance of a match. we see who — story written in advance of a match. we see who is likely to win. you can find ibm _ we see who is likely to win. you can find ibm slant tracker on the platform, where you can find all the stats _ platform, where you can find all the stats for _ platform, where you can find all the stats for a _ platform, where you can find all the stats for a match. all the stories are updated. there will be ai generated highlight reels. we know where _ generated highlight reels. we know where in _ generated highlight reels. we know where in the match the action is taking _ where in the match the action is taking place. we put an excitement level against each of these. the most _ level against each of these. the most exciting rallies are automatically created into the highlights reel. it is given to the wimbledon content team who make the final decision about what gets published. its final decision about what gets ublished. �* . final decision about what gets ublished. a ., final decision about what gets published-—

published. as part of the unstructured _ published. as part of the unstructured data, - published. as part of the unstructured data, you i published. as part of the i unstructured data, you talk published. as part of the - unstructured data, you talk about using sports journals and articles, is there an element of bias or are you careful about how you cure that data? brute you careful about how you cure that data? ~ . .., you careful about how you cure that data? ~ ., .., ., ,., , data? we are careful about the news and the data — data? we are careful about the news and the data sources _ data? we are careful about the news and the data sources that _ data? we are careful about the news and the data sources that we - data? we are careful about the news and the data sources that we use. i data? we are careful about the newsj and the data sources that we use. as part of— and the data sources that we use. as part of that _ and the data sources that we use. as part of that training process of the modules. — part of that training process of the modules, we are making sure that it's modules, we are making sure that its is— modules, we are making sure that it's is looking for things like bias and making sure that that is addressed as part of the training process — addressed as part of the training rocess. ., ., ., , , process. the human in the loop is very important- — process. the human in the loop is very important. you _ process. the human in the loop is very important. you have - process. the human in the loop is very important. you have ai - process. the human in the loop is very important. you have ai and l process. the human in the loop is i very important. you have ai and you very important. you have aland you also have people queueing what goes into it. ., , ,, , into it. there are processes in - lace into it. there are processes in lace to into it. there are processes in place to make _ into it. there are processes in place to make sure _ into it. there are processes in place to make sure that - into it. there are processes in place to make sure that it - into it. there are processes in place to make sure that it is l into it. there are processes in place to make sure that it is aj place to make sure that it is a combination. as new content is being created. _ combination. as new content is being created, there are things like fact checking — created, there are things like fact checking and making sure that those are flags _ checking and making sure that those are flags and can be reviewed. one of the _

are flags and can be reviewed. one of the biggest challenges for us is getting _ of the biggest challenges for us is getting the balance right. the brand of wimbledon, the tradition, and the technology— of wimbledon, the tradition, and the technology and innovation. we want to get— technology and innovation. we want to get the _ technology and innovation. we want to get the balance right. a lot of the technology were talking about is hidden, _ the technology were talking about is hidden, it— the technology were talking about is hidden, it is under the covers. we want _ hidden, it is under the covers. we want to— hidden, it is under the covers. we want to talk— hidden, it is under the covers. we want to talk about tennis in an english — want to talk about tennis in an english garden. we want to make sure that that _ english garden. we want to make sure that that shines through. fascinating. one thing that i did notice was that the outdated going on is still people tapping on keyboards. is that the ambition of that part be removed? their specific ambition i am _ that part be removed? their specific ambition i am not _ that part be removed? their specific ambition i am not sure. _ that part be removed? their specific ambition i am not sure. they - that part be removed? their specific ambition i am not sure. they want l that part be removed? their specific| ambition i am not sure. they want to collect sensory data. jury have the

speed of the ball, that is already input into this machine. when you peered over from the broadcast centre, you can see these little boxes with humans and a laptop. i went to go and speak to them because i wanted to understand what they were doing. they said they had a list of options. white, out. they were tapping on those and they were fed into the larger machine, the ibm machine. that then fed into the larger language module which then generated that personalised feedback. you can go on the wimbledon website, it is available to everyone. you can start seeds in that feedback on those predictions that feedback on those predictions that are there. that feeds into some of this personalised feedback. you can start to see how you can add more and more to this to make it more and more to this to make it

more and more engaging.- more and more to this to make it more and more engaging. thank you very much- — we'll be speaking to tennis pro and wimbledon contender, joy de zeeuw to get her thoughts on wimbledon tackling online trolls using ai and we will also hear from all england lawn tennis association who originally devised the idea. all that in just a moment.

welcome back to ai decoded. as we mentioned earlier, wimbledon has decided it is time to take action against abusive messages being sent to players on social media. players such as naomi osaka, who according to a 2021 study, found she was the most abused players of that year, and former us open champion, emma raducanu, who has admitted deleting her social media due to trolls. with me again is our regular ai contributor and presenter, priya lakhani.

this is a more serious side to what you have been investigating. the idea is to you have been investigating. tue: idea is to help you have been investigating. tte: idea is to help to you have been investigating. tt2 idea is to help to protect players. wimbledon is taking action by using ai. wimbledon is taking action by using al. the french open use bodyguard ai. it is to scan the social media posts that are targeting players, identifying which ones are abusive and then reporting them to the authorities. it is very important. saka had many abusive messages. raducanu. novak djokovic also had many abusive messages. a third of posts now contain negative comments. it is a huge problem. it also

happens in football. this is an enormous problem in safeguarding athletes and ensuring that he does not affect their performance. it can affect their performance, it has to be stopped. let affect their performance, it has to be stopped-— be stopped. let us take a look at our be stopped. let us take a look at your report- _ wimbledon's also using artificial intelligence technology to be able to scan the social media of a player to see if there are any trolls, because we've had players like emma raducanu and harriet dart say that when they lose, they're often trolled on social media. do you feel more protected by wimbledon being able to do this, and then alert the police if there is any bad behaviour online? yeah, i think it's really good that they're doing it because i've heard a lot of people — that they get the messages and especially after they lost the match, and those people are just yeah, it's just a bit rude and not good for the player. so i think it's really good that they are coming with it. they're using al to predict which player is going to win.

how do you feel about that? i think it's a really good system and i think it's great for the players and the people who watch here can see, who is going to win the match or based on a the moment, who's going to win the match. and i think it's really cool to see it point by point what's happening. so yeah. do you think that before you play your doubles match, which is coming up, are you going to be looking at the predictions on the ai app? i think i'm going to, yeah, especially on the other matches. and yeah, i think it's really cool to see and especially during the match, it's very nice and i want to see it before my doubles match. so i'm going to look for sure. and if it's not showing quite what you'd like it to show, you can beat the odds, right? yeah. in a game of life. sport, of course. all the best and good luck. so, chris, you're the digital products lead at the all england club. and i was really interested that you're using ai not just in terms of the engagement of your audience and increasing that engagement, but you're also using al to scan the social media

feeds of players to be able to protect them from trolls. can you tell me a little bit more about that? yeah, absolutely. so that's a joint initiative that we launched with some of the other tennis governing bodies earlier this year. and you know, we all we all know about the potential negative impacts of social media. and it's another great example of where we're looking at the latest technology that's available and really thinking about where it can have a really positive impact. that could be for our players, that could be for our fans, that could be the people that are attending here on site and getting very excited right now over the tennis. um, but, you know, essentially it's about finding that latest technology and finding where it can really add value to wimbledon as an experience. and have you had any player feedback in terms of that particular application of artificial intelligence? yeah. we've had really positive feedback that it's something that we're that we're looking at and we're utilising. and i think, you know, the player experience is extremely important to us, making sure that they can focus on producing the fantastic moments that we're seeing right, right here, right now. um, and, and, you know, anything that we can do to improve that experience is

extremely important. what is the digital strategy for wimbledon. so you know, obviously it's phenomenal for the people that are able to attend here at the all england club during the championships. but really what we want to be doing is bringing the championships to people where they are, wherever they are in the world, whatever platform they're on, to make sure that they can experience that kind of really unique wimbledon element of of this, you know, phenomenal place, uh, at home. brilliant. so you've teamed up with ibm watson and their machine learning team. you know, what was the sort of persona of the audience that you're trying to capture that made you think, right, we want more personalisation? yeah. so obviously wimbledon as an event is phenomenally successful, and that means that we transcend a normal tennis audience. in some instances, we transcend a sporting audience. so we've got people who are engaging with wimbledon, who don't engage with other sporting events throughout the year. what we can do utilising ai is make

sure that we're really personalising that experience to to the different people that we have engaging with us, so we can simplify things down and that we can make it relevant to them. and what's the future strategy? so what are you looking at? are you looking at the metaverse? yeah, absolutely. so we're already in the metaverse in a way. so we've got wimble world, which is our experience in roblox, which has been phenomenally successful, especially engaging a youth audience, which is particularly important for us. you don't have the same family moments that you used to with, you know, a parent and parents and kids gathered around a tv watching traditional broadcasting quite the same way. so if we can spend time where young people are spending their time and, you know, engage them with tennis from a very early stage, then, you know, we're future proofing the brand, future proofing tennis and making sure that that generation can enjoy wimbledon for decades to come. let us go back to that i do you have tackling trolls. how does it work?

they have a detecting algorithm that scans the posts on social media. the find any discriminative abuse is flagged on the system. then i go to expert and analyse it. they are humans. the ones that they select are submitted for action. what i would say is that what we're seeing is that humans simply cannot keep up with so much activity. we are talking of human moderators here. a lot of human moderators were recently fired on x. this is not going to solve the problem. people hide behind anonymous handles. you should have to register with some form of id so we can actually be traced to those rather pathetic individual sitting behind a screen is. and then, the other issue need

that moderation in the first place. once that is out there, you cannot stuff the cap back in the bag. it is out there. ., , , out there. you spend the day wimbledon. _ out there. you spend the day wimbledon, did _ out there. you spend the day wimbledon, did you - out there. you spend the day wimbledon, did you see - out there. you spend the day wimbledon, did you see any| out there. you spend the day - wimbledon, did you see any tennis? just one or two bits. i was watching it on the screen.— it on the screen. thank you very much, it on the screen. thank you very much. priya- — it is going to feel chilly for this stage injuly. it will be about iii stage injuly. it will be about 1a to 19 celsius. job much lower than normal. the cooler weather is expanding across much of the country. they will be below average

temperatures. it will be cold at the beginning of the weekend. the humidity is out towards the east. in between, thursday and friday, they will be some severe storms across europe. it all helps to increase the northerly airflow that we are going to aim experience into friday. that would bring cooler air in place. there will be cloud and spells of rain. in england and wales. scotland and northern ireland where temperatures can drop into single figures. brighter weather on friday. cloud in england and wales. outbreaks of rain and drizzle pushing their way southwards. they will be some thunderstorms in the south and south wales later. there will be some breezy conditions across eastern counties of england. the winds will be light,. it will

not feel like some at all on the east coast. friday night, the breeze will drinking a bit more across eastern coasts. as we go into the weekend, just watch the area of low pressure which will extend its influence towards the east of the country. it is not new going to give us a glancing blow, but it will extend out to scandinavia bring increase clad in a greater chance of rain across those eastern counties of england and parts of scotland and a stronger wind. in the south and west, they will be a fair bit of crowd on saturday with one or two showers. the temperature still lower than average. on sunday, look pressure will start to pull away again and it will be on improving day. there will be some patchy drizzle across eastern areas, but drier in the afternoon and much more sunshine. especially in the south and west and it would begin to feel and west and it would begin to feel a bit warmer.

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