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In 2016, an online "swarm intelligence" platform stunned horse-racing fans by making a correct prediction for the Kentucky Derby — naming all four top finishers in order. (But the next year its predictions weren't even close, with TechRepublic suggesting 2016's race just had an unusual cluster of obvious picks.) Since then it's become almost a tradition — asking AI to predict the winning horses each year, then see how close it came. So before today's race, a horse named "Journalism" was given the best odds of winning by professional bookmakers — but could AI make a better prediction? USA Today reports: The USA TODAY Network asked Microsoft Copilot AI to simulate the order of finish for the 2025 Kentucky Derby field based on the latest, odds, predictions and race factors on Thursday, May 1. Journalism came out on top in its projection. The AI-generated response cited Journalism's favorable post position (No. 8), which has produced the second-most Kentucky Derby winners and a four-race winning streak that includes last month's Santa Anita Derby. ChatGPT also picked the exact same horse, according to FanDuel. But in fact, the winning horse turned out to be "Sovereignty" (a horse Copilot predicted would finish second). Meanwhile Copilot's pick for first place ("Journalism") finished in second. But after that Copilot's picks were way off... Copilot's pick for third place was a horse named Rodriguez — which hours later was scratched from the race altogether. (And the next day Copilot's pick for 10th place was also scratched.) Copilot's pick for fourth place was "Sandman" — who finished in 18th place. Copilot's pick for fifth place was "Burnham Square" — who finished in 11th place. Copilot's pick for sixth place was "Luxor Cafe" — who finished in 10th place Copilot's pick for seventh place was "Render Judgment" — who finished in 16th place... An online racing publication also asked "a trained AI LLM tool" for their predictions, and received a wildly uneven prediction: Burnham Square (finished 11th) Journalism (finished 2nd) Sandman (finished 18th) Tiztastic (finished 15th) Baeza (finished 3rd)

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Omar Al Fayed, 37, said he fled to a research ship at the age of just 22 - leaving his billionaire father convinced he had been kidnapped.

The Daily Mail has unveiled a list of Britain's 24 most beautiful villages, with a picturesque spot in Essex being highlighted.

An inspiring teen from Braintree is “over the moon” after finishing a marathon and raising more than £3,000 for charity in memory of his mum.

The Daily Mail has unveiled a list of Britain's 24 most beautiful villages, with a picturesque spot in Essex being highlighted.

Rachel Smith, 35, takes her two children - Brayden, 13, and Elianna, 11 - out of school every year during term time to go on holiday abroad.

Padel, the world's fastest growing sport, is now available to Basildon residents following the opening of four new PadelStars courts.

Padel, the world's fastest growing sport, is now available to Basildon residents following the opening of four new PadelStars courts.

Four of the detained men are Iranian nationals living in several different parts of England.

The former footballer has already celebrated with a black tie pre-birthday bash in Miami and a family gathering at his £10 million home in the Cotswolds.

It s a summer must-have that can be dressed up or down and comes in a range of styles - but it's the built-in design feature that's really impressed shoppers

There's 9,000 satellites circling the earth, the Guardian points out, with projections over over 60,000 by 2040. But "A new study shows that the emissions from expired satellites, as they fall to Earth and burn up, will be significant in future years, with implications for ozone hole recovery and climate." Most old satellites are disposed of by reducing their altitude and letting them burn up as they fall, releasing pollution into Earth's atmosphere such as aerosolised aluminium. To understand the impact of these growing emissions from expired satellites, researchers simulated the effects associated with an annual release of 10,000 tonnes of aluminium oxide by 2040 (the amount estimated to be released from disposal of 3,000 satellites a year, assuming a fleet of 60,000 satellites). The results, which are published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, show that the re-entry material will accumulate at high latitudes and could result in temperature anomalies of up to 1.5C in the middle to upper atmosphere, reduction of wind speeds and ozone depletion, which could jeopardise ozone hole recovery. "At present, impacts on the middle and the upper atmosphere are small," the researchers write, "but have the potential to increase." They argue that "to shed light upon the potential climate impacts of increased satellite reentry," an "expanded effort, including observations and modeling is needed." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo for sharing the article.

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Ashli Babbitt, 35, was gunned down by then-Lieutenant Michael Byrd as she and thousands of others attempted to storm the Hill in 2021.

Victoria Beckham cut a glamorous figure as she stormed London restaurant Core with her kids Romeo and Cruz for husband David's star-studded 50th birthday party. 

Opera singer Evans, 53, who is fighting to save his career at the BBC, accused the paper of 'totally changing the narrative of private conversations' in a Facebook post.

The former footballer has already celebrated with a black tie pre-birthday bash in Miami, a family gathering at his £10million home in the Cotswolds and a family lunch in Paris.

Navarro is known for his hostility towards China and claims that, in the face of overwhelming US tariffs of 145 per cent against the Asian superpower, the Chinese may turn their attentions towards the UK.

DAVID DAVIS: A year ago, my views on Lucy Letby were like clear. It seemed that this woman had killed seven helpless infants and betrayed the trust vested in her.

Adam King is the latest respected figure to raise questions about the case against Letby, who was convicted over two trials of killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

Easy fix: Telling LLMs to cosplay Lenin makes 'em more gender blind

Open source AI models are more likely to recommend men than women for jobs, particularly the high-paying ones, a new study has found.…