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Alibaba’s WAN Powered a Virtual Drumming Performance at Dakar 2026

The opening-ceremony video brought together 100 Learning Academy participants, alongside a separate AI drumming experience at the Games’ festival site.

Virtual drumming performance created for the Dakar2026 opening ceremony.
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Alibaba’s WAN Powered a Virtual Drumming Performance at Dakar 2026

Images: Alibaba.

Alibaba’s WAN video generation model was used for a virtual sabar drumming performance at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony on October 31. The AI-generated video brought together 100 participants from the Dakar 2026 Learning Academy, according to the International Olympic Committee.

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