The AI can spot injuries before it ends up like this Alexander DemianchukTASS via Getty Images
Football may be unpredictable, but its injuries aren鈥檛. Artificial intelligence can work out when players are likely to get hurt so that coaches can let them rest.
A machine learning algorithm developed by data scientists at the University of Pisa, Italy, and FC Barcelona recently predicted 9 out of 14 injuries sustained by an elite Italian football team during a single season.
The researchers fitted the team鈥檚 26 players with GPS sensors during their training sessions to measure how far and fast they…
