FIA partners with Amazon Web Services to bolster rules, sporting regulations

The FIA announced that Amazon Web Services has become its new partner for artificial intelligence, cloud computing and machine learning, according to Luke Smith of THE ATHLETIC. The deal comes as all 11 F1 teams have announced partnerships with AI firms, “tapping into the growing sector to improve their processes and operations.” F1 began working with AWS back in 2018. The FIA identified two key areas where AI “can help supercharge its existing systems in relation to F1: car design rules and policing sporting regulations.” AWS has already worked with F1 to “help shape the car design rules for the 2022 and 2026 regulation cycles.” With access to more powerful systems, the FIA “will be able to run these extra simulations with greater accuracy, boosting the robustness of the rules around car design.” The immense amount of data produced by F1 cars “can make AI a powerful tool that informs decisions on team pit walls during races, whether in strategy or car…