UDN SPORTS announced that it will welcome AI Yuzuru as an AI employee. The service will be available around the clock and provide broad support for everyday life, including meal-planning suggestions, advice on transportation and travel options, and ways to watch sporting events. The company also plans to enable the AI to collect and analyze sporting data in the future.
On 5 November, UDN SPORTS announced that it will welcome “AI Yuzuru,” an athlete-support AI co-developed with group companies FreakOut Holdings,inc. and freecle, as a new AI employee. UDN SPORTS manages many top athletes, primarily in football, including manager Hajime Moriyasu (森保一), Shinji Kagawa (香川真司) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (富安健洋).
AI Yuzuru is available 24 hours a day to advise athletes when they encounter problems in their everyday lives. When athletes send questions through the chat tools they normally use, the AI responds to a wide range of everyday questions, including finding nearby facilities, planning nutritionally balanced meals, travel and transportation advice, and ways to watch sporting events.
The company plans to enable the AI to collect and analyze data related to sporting activities in the future, and has stated its policy of enhancing personalized support for each athlete, covering everything from sporting activities to everyday life.