'Scarily accurate': Open-source AI engine predicts markets and public opinion using thousands of digital agents

The project is described by its creators as a universal swarm-intelligence engine designed to run large-scale simulations in order to explore possible future scenarios. Instead of relying on a single ...
Devdiscourse

Stacked AI model improves credit default forecasting

A new study suggests that lenders may get their strongest overall read on credit default risk by combining several machine learning models rather than relying on a single algorithm. The researchers ...
The Conversation

Funding climate projects: our financial model can better illustrate long‑term value

Dorje C. Brody has received funding from UKRI. When deciding whether to invest in environmental projects, it’s important to consider the economic value of any long-term benefits. Whether climate ...
Health Affairs

Financial Fix, Quality Flaw: Lessons From Pennsylvania’s Rural Health Model

The financial collapse of the US’s rural hospitals remains one of the most persistent and urgent crises in health care policy. Since 2005, more than 180 rural hospitals have shuttered, and more than a ...
Inc

Ozempic Maker Faces Rocky Financial Forecast. But It’s Good News for Consumers

After making a deal with the Trump administration to lower prices of GLP-1s, Wegovy and Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk expects a drop in revenue for 2026. The decline comes amid higher competition and ...
Marin Independent Journal

New model for forecasting wildfires could change how they’re fought

When a lightning storm struck the parched Diablo mountain range in August 2020, igniting fires that turned the skies an apocalyptic shade of orange, the governor’s office activated Oakland Fire ...
Reuters

Hong Kong scientists launch AI model to better predict extreme weather

HONG KONG, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A team of Hong Kong scientists has developed an artificial intelligence weather-forecasting system to predict thunderstorms and heavy downpours up to four hours ahead, ...
Fast Company

Home price forecast for 2026 across 380 housing markets: Zillow versus Moody’s forecast model

Among the 24 price forecasts tracked by ResiClub in our final 2026 home price forecast roundup, the average prediction is a +1.43% increase in U.S. home prices in 2026. Keep in mind that roundup ...
Variety

CNN Projects $600 Million in Profit This Year, Down From $1 Billion in 2016

CNN remains a key financial contributor to Warner Bros. Discovery‘s linear TV business, and the company expects the news network’s revenue to grow top-line revenue over the next five years — on the ...
Business Insider

PRF Technologies Files Its First Patent Application for Solar Plant Micro-Climate Forecast Modeling Designed to Improve Energy Production Forecast Accuracy

Proprietary software targets weather forecast-driven revenue optimization, reduced penalty risk, and improved market performance for utility-scale solar assets TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE ...
New York Post

NYC faces $12B budget deficit, drawing comparison to 2008 financial crisis – as Zohran Mamdani uses dire forecast to push taxing the rich

The Big Apple was in the red — even before the socialist takeover. New York City is facing a mammoth $12 billion budget deficit in the next two years, new City Comptroller Mark Levine warned Friday — ...