Thursday, July 3, 2014

Microsoft's Cortana Could Overtake Paul the Octopus in World Cup Predictions

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Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant, has successfully predicted the outcome of every match of this year's World Cup elimination round.


This means Cortana is on track to correctly predict more World Cup wins than Paul the Octopus. The supposedly psychic sea creature, who died in 2010, became a worldwide sensation when he predicted the winning team in eight of the 2010 tournament's matches — including the final.



For its part, Cortana has correctly called the final results of all eight matches that have been played in the 2014 tournament's elimination round, including Team USA's heartbreaking loss to Belgium on Tuesday. As of Wednesday night, there are eight games remaining in this year's World Cup Read more...

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Microsoft's Cortana Could Overtake Paul the Octopus in World Cup Predictions

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