Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby

In 2016 an online "swarm intelligence" platform generated a correct prediction for the Kentucky Derby - naming all four top finishers in order. (But its 2017 predictions weren't even close.) Slashdot checked in again on how modern AI systems performed in 2023, 2024, and 2025 - but their predictions were still pretty bad. Would AI-generated Derby predictions be any better in 2026? This year's winner was 24-to-1 longshot "Golden Tempo" - though a lot of oddsmakers had favor...