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We asked AI to predict the 2026 World Cup winner. It picked a team that’s never won.

Some 2026 World Cup predictions from AI models are going against tradition to pick the underdogs. Here’s why.

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What happened Some 2026 World Cup predictions from AI models are going against tradition to pick the underdogs. Here’s why.
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Left / center-leftWe asked our AI model to simulate the World Cup 100,000 times. Here are the results

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CenterWe asked AI to predict the 2026 World Cup winner. It picked a team that’s never won.

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MarketWatchNews report · Jun 11, 9:37 PM

We asked AI to predict the 2026 World Cup winner. It picked a team that’s never won.

Some 2026 World Cup predictions from AI models are going against tradition to pick the underdogs. Here’s why.

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The Sydney Morning HeraldNews report · Jun 12, 1:52 AM

We asked our AI model to simulate the World Cup 100,000 times. Here are the results

There are 48 teams, 104 matches and infinite possibilities at the World Cup. We crunched the numbers to find every team’s probability of success.

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The Age (Australia)News report · Jun 12, 1:52 AM

We asked our AI model to simulate the World Cup 100,000 times. Here are the results

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There are 48 teams, 104 matches and infinite possibilities at the World Cup. We crunched the numbers to find every team’s probability of success.

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The Spokesman-Review (Spokane)News report · Jun 11, 11:51 PM

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A former engineer at Elon Musk's xAI who now heads a think tank focused on AI safety filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired from the SpaceX subsidiary for raising concerns about the risks ar...

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