Overview
- General manager John Lynch told reporters Monday that San Francisco is using AI to help evaluate draft prospects before this week’s event.
- Lynch said staff do not need to be experts to benefit from the tools and compared using them to asking a travel planner chatbot for ideas.
- He cited the team’s Silicon Valley location and partnerships with tech companies as a source of access to new tools.
- Lynch said he thinks most NFL teams already use some form of AI and expects adoption to grow, while the 49ers have not disclosed which systems they use.
- Fans and media mixed jokes with warnings about errors and “hallucinations” if outputs go unchecked, and Round 1 on Thursday could hint at how much these tools influence picks.