(Yicai) Aug. 12 -- As the exclusive cloud service provider for the recently concluded Paris Olympic Games, Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing arm performed a pivotal role in ensuring seamless media coverage of the most widely broadcasted television and online event in human history with an estimated viewership of four billion people.

"Alibaba Cloud played an essential role when it came to supporting technology during the Olympic Games, greatly increasing the efficiency and sustainability of Olympic Games operations,” the Hangzhou-based firm said in a newsletter.

“Our partnership extends beyond the Olympic Games, with Alibaba playing a defining role in our Olympic AI Agenda, helping to harness the great potential of AI in a responsible way,” said Thomas Bach, president of International Olympic Committee. “All these examples highlight how Alibaba is the perfect partner when it comes to shaping our digital future."

Alibaba Cloud worked with the International Olympic Committee to develop a Media Archiving AI Solution that provided enhanced visual search functions, the automatic categorization of multimedia content, and the production of video highlights through AI-powered media services.

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