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Google DeepMind’s TacticAI can predict football plays 8 seconds before they happen. Palmeiras is the first to use it.

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Google’s TacticAI predicts football plays 8 seconds ahead. Liverpool experts preferred its tactics 90% of the time. Palmeiras is the first club using it in live play.

Google DeepMind built an AI that can predict football plays before they happen. TacticAI uses geometric deep learning to model player movement, forecast dynamics up to eight seconds into the future, and recommend tactical adjustments, all from broadcast-style visual data. Brazilian club Palmeiras is the first to use it for live open-play analysis.

The system was originally developed with Liverpool FC and validated through a qualitative study with the club’s football experts. They compared TacticAI’s recommended tactical setups against real match configurations. The experts preferred the AI’s suggestions 90% of the time. The published research, in Nature Communications, showed TacticAI also outperformed existing models in predicting corner kick receivers and whether a shot would follow.

The Palmeiras partnership, announced at Google’s Brasil...

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