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Last season, Cortana correctly predicted 67% of all NFL games. It has since picked 71% of Wimbledon results and 75% of the Women's World Cup knockout stage correctly. The model has dabbled in areas outside of sports — including American Idol and the Grammys — but is sticking to sports this NFL season.
Here are Cortana's Week 1 predictions as of Wednesday morning. Cortana simply picks a winner, but for comparison's sake, Vegas favorites (with point spreads) are in parentheses We'll update these throughout the week to see if they change. .

Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots — Patriots win, 64.4% chance. (Patriots -7)
Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears — Packers win, 71.6% chance. (Packers -7)
Carolina Panthers at Jacksonville Jaguars — Panthers win, 58.2% chance. (Panthers -3)
Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams — Rams win, 56% chance. (Seahawks -4)
New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals — Cardinals win, 56% chance. (Cardinals -2.5)
Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos — Broncos win, 64.4% chance. (Broncos -4.5)
Tennessee Titans at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Bucs win, 64.4% chance. (Bucs -3)
Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons — Falcons win, 52% chance. (Eagles -3)
Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills — Colts win, 53.3% chance (Colts -3)
Kansas City Chiefs at Houston Texans — Texans win, 65.9% chance. (Texans -1.5)
Cleveland Browns at New York Jets — Jets win, 61.4% chance. (Jets -3)
Miami Dolphins at Washington Redskins — Dolphins win, 53.3% chance. (Dolphins -3.5)
Detroit Lions at San Diego Chargers — Chargers win, 59.8% chance. (Chargers -3)
Cincinnati Bengals at Oakland Raiders — Bengals win, 59.8% chance. (Bengals -3.5)
New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys — Cowboys win, 70.2% chance. (Cowboys -6)
Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers — 49ers win, 58.2% chance. (Vikings -2.5)

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