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NBCUniversal Believes In A.I. Miracles, Sets Tech-Assisted Al Michaels As Virtual Host Of Daily Paris Olympics Recaps On Peacock


Sports broadcasting mainstay Al Michaels, will deliver AI-enhanced daily recaps of the Paris Olympics this summer on Peacock, NBCUniversal announced.

Al Michaels, whose call of the U.S. hockey team’s Olympics upset over the USSR is a sports broadcasting milestone, will deliver AI-enhanced daily recaps of the Paris Games this summer on Peacock. Kicking off the event, Comcast President and NBCU boss Mike Cavanagh called the Olympics a “touchpoint of what makes our company great.” He added, “We like to raise the bar” and “bring it all together, to try to take this every time to the next level.” “With these recaps alongside interactive elements like Peacock Live Actions and Discovery Multiview, we’re bringing the best of sports together with the best of technology to deliver fans a personalized Olympics experience in a way that’s never been possible before.”

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