Google Assistant uses AI to predict if your flight will be delayed

When you're taking a flight, you can check the arrivals and departures section of your airport website to see if you're going to take off on time, or just rely on an airline announcement. Or you could just ask Google Assistant. Google has announced that it will start to predict flight delays, using a combination of historic flight information and machine learning. The company says that it is able to deliver predictions with 85 percent confidence. See also: Google relents and hands duck.com to privacy-centric rival DuckDuckGo Google+ to close down earlier than planned after another data leak is discovered… [Continue Reading]