On February 5, 2026, as the Milan Winter Olympics approached, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry officially announced at the International Broadcast Center that the IOC had developed the first official large model in Olympic history based on Qwen Large Model. Coventry stated that thanks to the technical support of Qwen, this Winter Olympics will be the "smartest" in history.

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Image | National Olympic Committee AI Assistant

Two-way Implementation: Reshaping Event Management and Viewing Experience

This official large model has been launched simultaneously on both professional event management and public service sides:

  • Event Management Side: The "National Olympic Committee AI Assistant" for staff from various countries has been launched, relying on Qwen's powerful multilingual understanding capabilities to read millions of words of official manuals. Delegation members can simply ask questions in their native language to accurately resolve complex issues ranging from qualification review to logistics scheduling.

  • Public Side: The "Olympic AI Assistant" was officially launched on the official website (Olympics.com), providing real-time answers to competition rules and Olympic history for global audiences, bringing the public closer to winter sports.

Visuals and Broadcasting: Hard-Hitting Applications of AIGC and 3D Reconstruction

In the content production process, an automated media description system based on Qwen-VL has been put into operation, capable of identifying key events such as goals and fouls in real time. At the same time, the Milan Winter Olympics organizing committee used the Aliyun Wanxiang Large Model to efficiently create multimedia promotional materials, achieving large-scale application of AIGC in the Winter Olympics.

To address technical challenges such as monotonous textures in snowy scenes and many visual blind spots, Alibaba Cloud's multi-model fusion algorithm successfully achieved high-precision scene reconstruction. This technology has covered 10 core venues, including alpine skiing and ice hockey. Global audiences will clearly capture athletes' rapid flips in the air through **"bullet time" and "time slice"** effects.

Green Foundation: Cross-Regional Collaboration and Sustainable Development

As the Winter Olympics with the widest distribution of venues, Alibaba Cloud not only supported the transportation management system in the Alps region but also supported the Milan Winter Olympics' sustainable development goals through digital means, including the **"Energy Saving Treasure"** and a newly added "Energy Issue Tracking System".

Coventry emphasized that since the Tokyo, Beijing, and Paris Olympics, Alibaba has always been a "transformative partner." She summarized: "The legacy of the Milan Winter Olympics will be intelligence. This AI capability will reshape the future of the Olympic movement."