AI on the pitch at The World Cup
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of AI technology on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, featuring insights from Lenovo's CIO Art Hu.
At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, AI has already played a role in high stakes moments – revealing “just barely” violations that have broken hearts and driven hopes for millions of fans. As the tournament’s technology partner, Lenovo has augmented the game with new tools like virtual models of each player, balls equipped with motion sensors, and thousands of cameras logging every second of play. Lenovo Chief Information Officer Art Hu sat down with Rana just before the games began to share all the ways this World Cup draws a line between the pre-AI and post-AI eras of sports. Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/ Follow Pioneers of AI on all channels: https://linktr.ee/pioneersofai See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Rana
Guest: Art Hu
Topics covered
- AI in sports
- FIFA World Cup
- technology in sports
- Lenovo
- sports analytics
- virtual models
- motion sensors
Keywords
- AI
- FIFA World Cup
- Lenovo
- sports technology
- virtual models
- motion sensors
- sports analytics
- Art Hu
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Lenovo
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