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Legendary sportscaster Al Michaels is going to give daily, personalized recaps of the Paris Olympics on Peacock — well, an AI-generated Al Michaels voice will. In practice, the effect is a lot like hearing a sports announcer’s voice in a video game like Madden, except it’s spitting out lines about real-life sports, which, in this case, means custom Olympics coverage.

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The Paris 2024 Olympics are nearly here. The opening ceremony starts on July 26th, and this year’s events run through August 11th. On the main NBC channel, you can see hours of live morning and afternoon coverage of events like swimming and gymnastics ahead of a three-hour primetime recap, to go along with livestreams of every sport and event and full event replays on Peacock.

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Here’s our coverage from the Summer Games.

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Do you believe in A.I.-generated miracles? Peacock subscribers wanting to be dialed into the Summer Olympics (kicking off July 27 in Paris and airing across NBCUniversal platforms) will have the option of receiving daily, personalized recaps that feature the voice of Emmy-winning, Hall of Fame announcer Al Michaels. Powered by generative A.I. and A.I. voice […]

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