new delhi amidst the integration of artificial intelligence ai into the wimbledon championships tournament organisers and technology leaders have reassured line judges of their continued importance at least for the time beingin collaboration with ibm the global tech giant the all england club unveiled the incorporation of new ai capabilities for this years grass court tournament scheduled to commence in the coming weeksone notable addition is a tool leveraging generative ai technology which will enhance the viewing experience on the wimbledon website and app this tool will provide audio commentary for match highlights videos offering fans insightful analysis and additional informationand a draw analysis feature uses ai to define how favourable the path to the final might be for each player in the singles drawsbill jinks technology director at the all england club said wimbledon had to work hard to stay at the cutting edgewimbledon is the oldest grand slam tournament and we have a rich heritage and traditions that go back all the way to 1877 and thats one of the main reasons people keep coming he saidits a huge part of that experience for people players and fans alikebut you cant do that without technological innovation we wouldnt have remained at the pinnacle of the sport without that technological innovation to keep us therewimbledon has a unique place in the global tennis calendar with players and fans attracted by the hallowed traditions of the all england clubsmartly dressed umpires and line judges are as much part of the experience as strawberries and cream and the allwhite kit that players must wearbut how much longer can they survive in the light of galloping technologythe mens atp tour in april announced tourwide adoption of electronic line calling from 2025 a role traditionally carried out by oncourt line judges in a move to optimise accuracy and consistency across tournamentsjinks said line judges would still be part of the scenery at the grand slam in london this year but he was unable to give a longterm guaranteein 2023 weve definitely got line judges he saidlinecalling technology has changed weve been using the challenge system players are able to query a limited number of calls using video technology since 2007 and it currently works for uswhos to say what might happen in the futurejinks was more definitive when asked whether there could be a future with an ai umpire who could not be argued withthe answers no he saidchris clements digital products lead at the all england club said technology had changed the way people engaged with sportfor many of us growing up wimbledon meant everyone gathering around the television together in the living room he saidtoday there are fewer of those family moments consuming content so we need to find other ways to reach people and create the next generation of lifelong wimbledon fanskevin farrar sports partnerships leader for ibm uk and ireland said there was a buzz around ai at the moment shown in all the publicity around chatgptwhat we