Todd Harple, Olympics AI Innovation Program Lead at Intel

Tech of Sports

Tech always plays a big role in the Olympics.

Rick is joined this week by Todd Harple, the Olympics AI Innovation Program Lead at Intel.

Intel is leading innovation at the Paris Games.

In his role, he is working to enhance the way sporting events are produced and experienced through novel applications of AI. He has over 17 years of experience and has led product and research development efforts at the cutting-edge interface between people, technology and business, leading the establishment of services and experiences that shape how we use technology today–connecting the physical and digital worlds–on a global scale.

Topics they cover include:

Utilizing AI for athletic training & identifying potential athletes in rural or developing countries using an AI app to find the next big stars

There will also be an on-the-ground demo in Paris for fans to use the AI tech to see what Olympic sport they’d be best suited for and how they compare to Olympic athletes

Intel and the IOC partnered with Senegal (a country that has only won one medal) using this tool to uncover aspiring athletes across 5 villages in Senegal bringing together 1,000 children with 40 identified as having “significant talent”

Empowering those who are visually impaired, navigate event venues using lidar and AI camera vision

Providing all athletes with an AI-powered Chatbot, that can answer complex athlete queries like questions about the IOC’s doping policy (i.e. would cold medicine be illegal for me to take before the event?) and media rights usage.