Don’t restrict AI in sports, ensure fair access, Hong Kong lawmaker urges

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A Hong Kong lawmaker for sports, Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, advocates for ensuring fair access to AI in sports instead of restricting its use. He emphasized that AI's transformative impact on athlete development and competitions requires inclusive policies rather than limitations.

Hong Kong’s lawmaker for the sports sector has urged authorities to focus on ensuring fair access to AI rather than attempting to restrict its use, arguing that the technology has increasingly reshaped athlete development and competitions. Speaking at a World Economic Forum panel in mainland China’s Dalian on Tuesday, Kenneth Fok Kai-kong said that artificial intelligence (AI) was transforming sports in ways that differed from past technological advances. Such changes had made it difficult to...