Below are some of the companies that used Machine Learning to predict the results of the FIFA World Cup 2018 An algorithm was developed by a team which included researchers from German Technische Universitat of Dortmund, the Ghent University in Belgium, and the Technical University in Munich. The algorithm is fed data which ran approximately 100,000 simulations to predict Spain as the winner.
San Francisco based technology firm Unanimous AI tried, their hands on the this. Here is what their Founder & CEO had to say “These predictions were generated using swarm A.I. technology” Further, the founder & CEO stated that “This means it uses a unique combination of human insights and artificial intelligence algorithms, resulting in a system that is smarter than the humans or the machines could be on their own. It works by connecting a group of people over the internet using A.I. algorithms, enabling them to think together as a system, and converge upon predictions that are the optimized combination of their individual knowledge, wisdom, instincts, and intuitions”. The final outcome of their simulation pointed that Germany will defeat Brazil in the finals.