Yahoo is using AI to recap football games in real time
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Yahoo introduces AI-powered Game Breakdowns in its Sports app to automatically generate real-time football game recaps, focusing on key stats and stories for Fantasy Plus subscribers.
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It's about to be week 14 of the NFL season, and stakes and storylines abound across the league. In a new section of the Yahoo Sports app, Yahoo is hoping it can use AI to capture them all automatically. The company is launching a new feature called Game Breakdowns, which attempt to generate a snapshot of what's interesting about a game - before, during, or after it's been played.
Game Breakdowns, which for now are in beta and only for users who pay for Yahoo's Fantasy Plus subscription, consist of three things. The first is a summary of the game, intended to capture both its most interesting stats and its biggest stories - not just typical …