NBC’s “Your Daily Olympic Recap on Peacock,” a clip show of Olympic highlights available to the network’s streaming customers, will feature an artificial intelligence version of legendary broadcaster Al Michael’s voice, the network reports. Michael’s “Do you believe in miracles?” call from the 1980 Winter Olympic US-USSR ice hockey game is one of the most iconic in American sports.
The move comes with Michael’s approval–something that was required thanks to new contracts secured by the actor’s unions. Frankly, it was astonishing. It was amazing,” he said in an interview with Vanity Fair magainze. “And it was a little bit frightening,” noting, “It was not only close, it was almost 2% off perfect.”