NFL uses AI in Thursday Night Football

Plus: No more employees for fast food chains

Author

Wesley McKnight
August 25, 2023

Happy Friday! Here is what we got for you today:

  • šŸˆ NFL uses AI in Thursday Night Football

  • šŸ” No more employees for fast food chains

  • šŸ‘ļø AI 3D eye scans

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Amazonā€™s Prime Video introduces AI-driven features to their second year of NFLā€™s Thursday Night Football streaming, promising fans a next-level viewing experience.

Key Points:

  • Innovation in Sports Broadcasting: The use of AI and ML in sports broadcasting allows fans deeper insight and understanding into the game's analytics.

  • Prime Vision with Next-Gen Stats: This alternate stream will house all new AI features, allowing fans to access real-time stats and analysis as the game unfolds.

  • Defensive Alerts: An in-house ML neural network that identifies potential blitzes. Fans will see a red orb highlighting the players rushing the quarterback.

  • Prime Targets: Replacing 'Open Receiver', a green orb will identify a player open for a pass in real-time.

  • Fourth Down Territory: This feature offers insights into fourth-down decisions, showing fans when a team should opt for it and the success probability.

  • Field Goal Target Zones: Amazon will introduce multiple lines instead of a single field goal target line, each indicating the probability of a successful field goal.

Fast-food enthusiasts, prepare for a tech twist during your next drive-thru visit! The future of ordering is here, backed by powerful AI.

Key Points:

  • White Castle is pioneering the tech wave by integrating SoundHound's AI-powered voice bots in 100 drive-thru lanes by 2024.

  • The transition to automation comes amidst a rising restaurant industry trend driven by labor challenges.

  • A staggering 58% of operators anticipate tech and automation as the solution to labor shortages this year, states the 2023 State of the Restaurant Industry Report.

  • SoundHound tech stands out with its 100% automation, taking and processing orders in just over a minute on average.

  • Besides White Castle, national chains like McDonald's, Checkers & Rally's, and Del Taco are making major moves into AI-powered ordering.

šŸ‘ļø AI 3D eye scans

3D eye scans, commonly found in eye clinics, could potentially detect early signs of Parkinson's disease ā€” up to seven years before any noticeable symptoms emerge!

Key Points:

  • Advanced Tech: Eye data for health diagnosis isn't new, but advancements in ocular health tech and computing have widened the diagnostic range.

  • OCT Scans: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) produces highly detailed retina cross-sections. Itā€™s non-intrusive and offers a unique window into the cell layers beneath the skin.

  • AI-Powered Analysis: UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital researchers used AI to study OCT scans of over 220,000 individuals from two major databases.

  • Noteworthy Findings: Thinner layers in the retina, specifically the GCIPL and INL, have been linked with Parkinsonā€™s development.

  • Future Possibilities: Early detection could lead to timely lifestyle adjustments and potentially delay the onset of severe neurodegenerative conditions.

Quick Hits

  • 40% of workers will need to reskill in the next three years due to the implementation of generative AI and automation, says IBM study.

  • McKinsey's Lilli is an AI tool that helps consultants access and apply the firm's vast intellectual property, reducing time to insights and improving efficiency.

  • Generate Your Own Funko Pop Characters with AI.

  • Severely paralyzed woman speaks through a digital avatar for the first time using a brain-computer interface.

  • The New York Times is considering suing OpenAI over its ChatGPT language model, which could significantly impact the AI industry.

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Funding Friday

Wow another hard week of work making that money. Now letā€™s look at where all the month is going in AI funding!

  • Hugging Face got $235 million to continue to build AI platform

  • Modular got $100 million to Develop AI Models

  • Kombai got $4.5 million to simplify UI coding with AI

  • Portkey.ai got $3 million for faster deployment of genAI apps

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