✉news SportSoccer first seen 4 d ago, last 4 d ago, peak #18
Reading FC becomes first English soccer club to appoint head of AI
Original: The dawn of Readingball: How English soccer’s first head of AI is plotting a smarter route back to the Premier League
Reading FC has hired English soccer's first head of artificial intelligence, a role aimed at using data and AI tools to improve recruitment, performance and match strategy. The club is using the technology as part of its bid to return to the Premier League. The unusual appointment is drawing attention to how lower-division English clubs are turning to AI to compete with wealthier rivals.
Why now: It is a novel, first-of-its-kind hire in English soccer at a club attempting to climb back to the Premier League.
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