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Can we pick the Winning Powerball Numbers… together?

January 9, 2016
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Regular players of Powerball are painfully aware that there was no winner of Wednesday's $500 million drawing. That means that the jackpot for tonight's drawing will earn over $900 million. A winning ticket would be a game-changer for just about anyone (cue…

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UNU: the new Wildcard in the world of Sports Forecasting

January 6, 2016
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First, there was football - pitting the nation's toughest men against each other in contests so violent they could only be held once a week. Then, there was betting on football - industries sprouted up to allow spectators to wager hard-earned money on…

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The Swarm Goes 7 for 9 in Vegas

December 23, 2015
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Last week, a group of football fans got together online to talk about the NFL and make predictions about Week 15. What makes this newsworthy is how they connected, for it allowed them to tap their collective intelligence and make predictions that pummeled…

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The Swarm Awakens: an A.I. predicts STAR WARS box office

December 17, 2015
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This weekend, the most anticipated movie of... well, ever... opens wide around the country. While most fans only care whether or not it's a quality installment of the saga (i.e. more like the originals than the prequels), Disney and the major…

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Can a HUMAN SWARM predict the GRAMMY WINNERS?

December 7, 2015
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Groups are smart. Really smart. For over 100 years, research into Collective Intelligence has shown that when you combine the knowledge and opinions of groups, the results are more accurate and insightful than those from any single participant. Simply put –…

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Swarm Intelligence deems Bernie Sanders the strongest leader

September 16, 2015
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One of the most critical issues when in choosing a new President is the candidate’s ability to project strength and confidence on the world stage. Researchers at Unanimous AI, a Silicon Valley company focused on harnessing the Collective Intelligence of networked groups, posed the…

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Let’s Predict the Future as a Human Swarm

September 3, 2015
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A new platform called UNU allows groups of friends or strangers to form a "Swarm Intelligence" that can answer questions, make predictions, and even generate Internet memes. Check it out: Now, we're looking for beta-users to help us form a "futurist swarm" and ponder the biggest questions…

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Swarm Intelligence reveals Toughest Leader among Major Candidates

August 21, 2015
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One of the most important questions facing the American public in choosing their next President will be each candidate's ability to project strength on the world stage. Researchers at Unanimous AI, a Silicon Valley company dedicated to unleashing the Collective…

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Crowds vs Swarms – which is smarter?

August 18, 2015
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The folks at NPR Planet Money conducted an online experiment to test the wisdom of crowds. They asked their listeners to estimate the weight of a cow from a photo posted online. They received 17,205 guesses. They then took the…

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Android Users Think Together… to name the Best Phone of 2015

August 18, 2015
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Buying a cell phone has become a fairly serious commitment. Not only are they expensive and easily damaged, but you're often stuck with your decision for the next two years of your life. So, if you're an Android user (or an iPhone…

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