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Fox Sports
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million on 'yes' (and Houston)
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool. The day could be coming soon. In an experiment that a) was bound to happen, b) might actually make us all look smarter and c) should probably also scare the daylights out of everyone, a successful CEO-turned-disruptor is running a $1 million March Madness bracket challenge that pits his AI programmers' picks against those belonging to one of the world's best-known sports gamblers. 'We're not a crystal ball,' says Alan Levy, whose platform, 4C Predictions, is running this challenge. 'But it's going to start to get very, very creepy. In 2025, we're making a million-dollar bet with a professional sports bettor, and the reason we feel confident to do that is because data, we feel, will beat humans.' Levy isn't the only one leveraging AI to help people succeed in America's favorite pick 'em pool — one that's become even more lucrative over the past seven years, after a Supreme Court ruling led to the spread of legalized sports betting to 38 states. ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, is hawking its services to help bracket fillers more easily find stats and identify trends. Not surprisingly, it makes no promises. 'With upsets, momentum shifts, and basketball's inherent unpredictability, consistently creating a perfect bracket may still come down to luck,' said Leah Anise, a spokesperson for OpenAI. Also making no promises, but trying his hardest, is Sheldon Jacobson, the computer science professor at Illinois who has been trying to build a better bracket through science for years; he might have been AI before AI. 'Nobody predicts the weather,' he explained in an interview back in 2018. 'They forecast it using chances and odds.' $1 million on the line in AI vs. Sean Perry showdown Levy's angle is he's willing to wager $1 million that the AI bracket his company produces can beat that of professional gambler Sean Perry. Among Perry's claims to fame was his refusal to accept a four-way split in a pot worth $9.3 million in an NFL survivor pool two years ago. The next week, his pick, the Broncos, lost to New England and he ended up with nothing. But Perry has wagered and won millions over his career, using heaps of analytics, data and insider information to try to find an edge that, for decades, has been proprietary to casinos and legal sports books, giving them an advantage that allows them to build all those massive hotels. Levy says his ultimate goal is bring that advantage to the average Joe — either the weekly football bettor who doesn't have access to reams of data, or the March Madness bracket filler who goes by feel or what team's mascot he likes best. 'The massive thesis is that the average person are playing games that they can never win, they're trading stocks where they can never win, they're trading crypto where they can never win,' Levy said. '4C gives people the chance to empower themselves. It's a great equalizer. It's going to level the playing field for everyone.' But can AI predict the completely unexpected? It's one thing to find an edge, quite another to take out every element of chance — every halfcourt game-winner, every 4-point-a-game scorer who goes off for 25, every questionable call by a ref, every St. Peter's, Yale, FAU or UMBC that rises up and wins for reasons nobody quite understands. For those who fear AI is leading the world to bad places, Levy reassures us that when it comes to sports, at least, the human element is always the final decider — and humans can do funny and unexpected things. That's one of many reasons that, according to the NCAA, there's a 1 in 120.2 billion chance of a fan with good knowledge of college basketball going 63 for 63 in picking the games. It's one of many reasons that almost everyone has a story about their 8-year-old niece walking away with the pot because she was the only one who picked George Mason, or North Carolina State, or VCU, to make the Final Four. 'You can't take the element of fun and luck out of it,' Levy said. 'Having said that, as AI develops, it's going to get creepier and creepier and the predictions are going to get more and more accurate, and it's all around data sets.' Levy suggests AI is no three-headed monster, but rather, an advanced version of 'Moneyball' — the classic book-turned-movie that followed Oakland A's GM Billy Beane's groundbreaking quest to leverage data to build a winning team. Now, it's all about putting all that data on steroids, trying to minimize the impact of luck and glass slippers, and building a winning bracket. 'We've got to understand that this technology is meant to augment us,' Levy said. 'It's meant to make our lives better. So, let's encourage people to use it, and even if it's creepy, at least it's creepy on our side.' The AI's side in this one: Houston to win it all. Perry, the gambler, is going with Duke. ___ AP March Madness bracket: and coverage: Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. recommended
The Independent
19-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million on 'yes' (and Houston)
Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool. The day could be coming soon. In an experiment that a) was bound to happen, b) might actually make us all look smarter and c) should probably also scare the daylights out of everyone, a successful CEO-turned-disruptor is running a $1 million March Madness bracket challenge that pits his AI programmers' picks against those belonging to one of the world's best-known sports gamblers. 'We're not a crystal ball,' says Alan Levy, whose platform, 4C Predictions, is running this challenge. 'But it's going to start to get very, very creepy. In 2025, we're making a million-dollar bet with a professional sports bettor, and the reason we feel confident to do that is because data, we feel, will beat humans.' Levy isn't the only one leveraging AI to help people succeed in America 's favorite pick 'em pool — one that's become even more lucrative over the past seven years, after a Supreme Court ruling led to the spread of legalized sports betting to 38 states. ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, is hawking its services to help bracket fillers more easily find stats and identify trends. Not surprisingly, it makes no promises. 'With upsets, momentum shifts, and basketball's inherent unpredictability, consistently creating a perfect bracket may still come down to luck,' said Leah Anise, a spokesperson for OpenAI. Also making no promises, but trying his hardest, is Sheldon Jacobson, the computer science professor at Illinois who has been trying to build a better bracket through science for years; he might have been AI before AI. 'Nobody predicts the weather,' he explained in an interview back in 2018. 'They forecast it using chances and odds.' $1 million on the line in AI vs. Sean Perry showdown Levy's angle is he's willing to wager $1 million that the AI bracket his company produces can beat that of professional gambler Sean Perry. Among Perry's claims to fame was his refusal to accept a four-way split in a pot worth $9.3 million in an NFL survivor pool two years ago. The next week, his pick, the Broncos, lost to New England and he ended up with nothing. But Perry has wagered and won millions over his career, using heaps of analytics, data and insider information to try to find an edge that, for decades, has been proprietary to casinos and legal sports books, giving them an advantage that allows them to build all those massive hotels. Levy says his ultimate goal is bring that advantage to the average Joe — either the weekly football bettor who doesn't have access to reams of data, or the March Madness bracket filler who goes by feel or what team's mascot he likes best. 'The massive thesis is that the average person are playing games that they can never win, they're trading stocks where they can never win, they're trading crypto where they can never win,' Levy said. '4C gives people the chance to empower themselves. It's a great equalizer. It's going to level the playing field for everyone.' But can AI predict the completely unexpected? It's one thing to find an edge, quite another to take out every element of chance — every halfcourt game-winner, every 4-point-a-game scorer who goes off for 25, every questionable call by a ref, every St. Peter's, Yale, FAU or UMBC that rises up and wins for reasons nobody quite understands. For those who fear AI is leading the world to bad places, Levy reassures us that when it comes to sports, at least, the human element is always the final decider — and humans can do funny and unexpected things. That's one of many reasons that, according to the NCAA, there's a 1 in 120.2 billion chance of a fan with good knowledge of college basketball going 63 for 63 in picking the games. It's one of many reasons that almost everyone has a story about their 8-year-old niece walking away with the pot because she was the only one who picked George Mason, or North Carolina State, or VCU, to make the Final Four. 'You can't take the element of fun and luck out of it,' Levy said. 'Having said that, as AI develops, it's going to get creepier and creepier and the predictions are going to get more and more accurate, and it's all around data sets.' Levy suggests AI is no three-headed monster, but rather, an advanced version of 'Moneyball' — the classic book-turned-movie that followed Oakland A's GM Billy Beane's groundbreaking quest to leverage data to build a winning team. Now, it's all about putting all that data on steroids, trying to minimize the impact of luck and glass slippers, and building a winning bracket. 'We've got to understand that this technology is meant to augment us,' Levy said. 'It's meant to make our lives better. So, let's encourage people to use it, and even if it's creepy, at least it's creepy on our side.' The AI's side in this one: Houston to win it all. Perry, the gambler, is going with Duke. ___
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million on 'yes' (and Houston)
DENVER (AP) — Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool. The day could be coming soon. In an experiment that a) was bound to happen, b) might actually make us all look smarter and c) should probably also scare the daylights out of everyone, a successful CEO-turned-disruptor is running a $1 million March Madness bracket challenge that pits his AI programmers' picks against those belonging to one of the world's best-known sports gamblers. 'We're not a crystal ball,' says Alan Levy, whose platform, 4C Predictions, is running this challenge. 'But it's going to start to get very, very creepy. In 2025, we're making a million-dollar bet with a professional sports bettor, and the reason we feel confident to do that is because data, we feel, will beat humans.' Levy isn't the only one leveraging AI to help people succeed in America's favorite pick 'em pool — one that's become even more lucrative over the past seven years, after a Supreme Court ruling led to the spread of legalized sports betting to 38 states. ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, is hawking its services to help bracket fillers more easily find stats and identify trends. Not surprisingly, it makes no promises. 'With upsets, momentum shifts, and basketball's inherent unpredictability, consistently creating a perfect bracket may still come down to luck,' said Leah Anise, a spokesperson for OpenAI. Also making no promises, but trying his hardest, is Sheldon Jacobson, the computer science professor at Illinois who has been trying to build a better bracket through science for years; he might have been AI before AI. 'Nobody predicts the weather,' he explained in an interview back in 2018. 'They forecast it using chances and odds.' $1 million on the line in AI vs. Sean Perry showdown Levy's angle is he's willing to wager $1 million that the AI bracket his company produces can beat that of professional gambler Sean Perry. Among Perry's claims to fame was his refusal to accept a four-way split in a pot worth $9.3 million in an NFL survivor pool two years ago. The next week, his pick, the Broncos, lost to New England and he ended up with nothing. But Perry has wagered and won millions over his career, using heaps of analytics, data and insider information to try to find an edge that, for decades, has been proprietary to casinos and legal sports books, giving them an advantage that allows them to build all those massive hotels. Levy says his ultimate goal is bring that advantage to the average Joe — either the weekly football bettor who doesn't have access to reams of data, or the March Madness bracket filler who goes by feel or what team's mascot he likes best. 'The massive thesis is that the average person are playing games that they can never win, they're trading stocks where they can never win, they're trading crypto where they can never win,' Levy said. '4C gives people the chance to empower themselves. It's a great equalizer. It's going to level the playing field for everyone.' But can AI predict the completely unexpected? It's one thing to find an edge, quite another to take out every element of chance — every halfcourt game-winner, every 4-point-a-game scorer who goes off for 25, every questionable call by a ref, every St. Peter's, Yale, FAU or UMBC that rises up and wins for reasons nobody quite understands. For those who fear AI is leading the world to bad places, Levy reassures us that when it comes to sports, at least, the human element is always the final decider — and humans can do funny and unexpected things. That's one of many reasons that, according to the NCAA, there's a 1 in 120.2 billion chance of a fan with good knowledge of college basketball going 63 for 63 in picking the games. It's one of many reasons that almost everyone has a story about their 8-year-old niece walking away with the pot because she was the only one who picked George Mason, or North Carolina State, or VCU, to make the Final Four. 'You can't take the element of fun and luck out of it,' Levy said. 'Having said that, as AI develops, it's going to get creepier and creepier and the predictions are going to get more and more accurate, and it's all around data sets.' Levy suggests AI is no three-headed monster, but rather, an advanced version of 'Moneyball' — the classic book-turned-movie that followed Oakland A's GM Billy Beane's groundbreaking quest to leverage data to build a winning team. Now, it's all about putting all that data on steroids, trying to minimize the impact of luck and glass slippers, and building a winning bracket. 'We've got to understand that this technology is meant to augment us,' Levy said. 'It's meant to make our lives better. So, let's encourage people to use it, and even if it's creepy, at least it's creepy on our side.' The AI's side in this one: Houston to win it all. Perry, the gambler, is going with Duke. ___ AP March Madness bracket: and coverage: Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here.
Associated Press
19-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million on ‘yes' (and Houston)
DENVER (AP) — Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool. The day could be coming soon. In an experiment that a) was bound to happen, b) might actually make us all look smarter and c) should probably also scare the daylights out of everyone, a successful CEO-turned-disruptor is running a $1 million March Madness bracket challenge that pits his AI programmers' picks against those belonging to one of the world's best-known sports gamblers. 'We're not a crystal ball,' says Alan Levy, whose platform, 4C Predictions, is running this challenge. 'But it's going to start to get very, very creepy. In 2025, we're making a million-dollar bet with a professional sports bettor, and the reason we feel confident to do that is because data, we feel, will beat humans.' Levy isn't the only one leveraging AI to help people succeed in America's favorite pick 'em pool — one that's become even more lucrative over the past seven years, after a Supreme Court ruling led to the spread of legalized sports betting to 38 states. ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, is hawking its services to help bracket fillers more easily find stats and identify trends. Not surprisingly, it makes no promises. 'With upsets, momentum shifts, and basketball's inherent unpredictability, consistently creating a perfect bracket may still come down to luck,' said Leah Anise, a spokesperson for OpenAI. Also making no promises, but trying his hardest, is Sheldon Jacobson, the computer science professor at Illinois who has been trying to build a better bracket through science for years; he might have been AI before AI. 'Nobody predicts the weather,' he explained in an interview back in 2018. 'They forecast it using chances and odds.' $1 million on the line in AI vs. Sean Perry showdown Levy's angle is he's willing to wager $1 million that the AI bracket his company produces can beat that of professional gambler Sean Perry. Among Perry's claims to fame was his refusal to accept a four-way split in a pot worth $9.3 million in an NFL survivor pool two years ago. The next week, his pick, the Broncos, lost to New England and he ended up with nothing. But Perry has wagered and won millions over his career, using heaps of analytics, data and insider information to try to find an edge that, for decades, has been proprietary to casinos and legal sports books, giving them an advantage that allows them to build all those massive hotels. Levy says his ultimate goal is bring that advantage to the average Joe — either the weekly football bettor who doesn't have access to reams of data, or the March Madness bracket filler who goes by feel or what team's mascot he likes best. 'The massive thesis is that the average person are playing games that they can never win, they're trading stocks where they can never win, they're trading crypto where they can never win,' Levy said. '4C gives people the chance to empower themselves. It's a great equalizer. It's going to level the playing field for everyone.' But can AI predict the completely unexpected? It's one thing to find an edge, quite another to take out every element of chance — every halfcourt game-winner, every 4-point-a-game scorer who goes off for 25, every questionable call by a ref, every St. Peter's, Yale, FAU or UMBC that rises up and wins for reasons nobody quite understands. For those who fear AI is leading the world to bad places, Levy reassures us that when it comes to sports, at least, the human element is always the final decider — and humans can do funny and unexpected things. That's one of many reasons that, according to the NCAA, there's a 1 in 120.2 billion chance of a fan with good knowledge of college basketball going 63 for 63 in picking the games. It's one of many reasons that almost everyone has a story about their 8-year-old niece walking away with the pot because she was the only one who picked George Mason, or North Carolina State, or VCU, to make the Final Four. 'You can't take the element of fun and luck out of it,' Levy said. 'Having said that, as AI develops, it's going to get creepier and creepier and the predictions are going to get more and more accurate, and it's all around data sets.' Levy suggests AI is no three-headed monster, but rather, an advanced version of 'Moneyball' — the classic book-turned-movie that followed Oakland A's GM Billy Beane's groundbreaking quest to leverage data to build a winning team. Now, it's all about putting all that data on steroids, trying to minimize the impact of luck and glass slippers, and building a winning bracket. 'We've got to understand that this technology is meant to augment us,' Levy said. 'It's meant to make our lives better. So, let's encourage people to use it, and even if it's creepy, at least it's creepy on our side.'
Associated Press
17-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Human vs. AI: Head-To-Head Battle Unfolds In First-Ever $1Million March Madness Bracket Challenge
LAS VEGAS, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a moment that may redefine whether artificial intelligence can outsmart humans, 4C Predictions, the world's first AI predictions marketplace, is putting its top sports models against expert sports bettor Sean Perry in a $1 million March Madness Challenge. The stakes? Perhaps more than money - this is a pivotal moment in history. AI has already reshaped industries like finance and healthcare, but can it outpredict a human expert in sports? How The Challenge Works? Immediately following Bracket Sunday, both 4C's AI Mega-Model and Sean Perry will publicly release their Men's and Women's brackets. Once the tournament ends, the competitor with the highest accumulated points—based on correct predictions—will be declared the winner. 4C has enlisted five of its top AI creators to build a single 'AI Mega Model"—a powerhouse predictive system designed exclusively for this battle against high-stakes gambler Sean Perry, a betting strategist known for turning nearly $2 million in profits from Super Bowl moneyline bets. With full transparency, every pick will be made public, allowing sports fans, analysts, and AI enthusiasts worldwide to compare results in real time. 4C Predictions' Mega-Model combines five of its top AI models specifically for this event. Sports and technology fans can follow along by visiting: What is 4C Predictions? 4C Predictions isn't a sportsbook—it's a marketplace that hosts AI prediction models created by experts in various fields. 4C has already attracted some of the top data scientists, PhDs, and elite prediction experts from around the world to build models on its platform. The platform started with sports predictions and will rapidly expand as more experts apply to host their prediction models. Soon-to-be-released categories include: Stocks & Financial Markets Politics (elections, policy shifts, global events) Real Estate & Interest Rates Entertainment (Oscars, award shows, box office trends) Geopolitical Forecasting & Life Expectancy Models For years, elite investors, hedge funds, and sportsbooks have had access to sophisticated analytics that give them an unfair advantage over everyday individuals. 4C Predictions is changing that by democratizing access to world-class AI-powered forecasting, ensuring that everyone – from casual sports fans to serious investors – has access to the same cutting-edge insights as the wealthiest decision-makers. As AI gets better and stronger, so do the prediction models. The best models continuously improve, learning from past mistakes, and over time, predictions are expected to become even more accurate. A Pivotal Moment in AI vs. Human Expertise Sean Perry is a professional sports bettor who has won millions, including nearly $2 million in profits from moneyline bets on the 2022 and 2023 Super Bowls. He runs a sports betting training site and community on Instagram at @SeanPerryWins. 'I've won eight figures betting on sports and have built a successful track record over many years, as I analyze the ins-and-outs of each team's strategic game scheme, player performance, and ability to match up against their opponent,' said Sean Perry. 'AI cannot possibly match my analysis, which is why I'm confident of my victory against AI – I know exactly what it takes to beat the odds.' Alan Levy, the visionary behind 4C Predictions, offers a different perspective: 'For years, sportsbooks and pros have had access to advanced analytics, while the average person relied on gut instinct or sports channels. That's not a fair fight. With 4C, we're leveling the playing field by giving people access to top AI prediction models—like having a team of PhDs working for you 24/7. The Man vs. AI Prediction Challenge is the ultimate test, and we're putting $1 million behind it. In the future, every smart individual will use AI to make better and more accurate decisions – whether it's in sports, investing, or everyday life. Why wouldn't you use the best tools in the world to accumulate wealth, avoid mistakes, and make smarter choices?' The one thing that Perry and Levy seem to agree on—and that most smart people recognize – is that AI will eventually surpass humans' ability to predict. Perry himself acknowledges that the best bettors will inevitably incorporate AI into their strategies because the smartest people in the world already use AI to optimize decisions. How to Get Involved While Perry and 4C battle it out, you can access the same AI-powered predictions that are taking on a multimillionaire bettor. Sign up at to inform your own brackets, explore free and premium AI sports models, and follow the Man vs. AI March Madness Challenge to see whether Human or AI reigns supreme! About 4C Predictions 4C is the world's first AI-powered prediction marketplace, providing users access to cutting-edge forecasting models across sports, with future expansions into crypto, stocks finance, politics, real estate, entertainment, and more. Built by top PhDs, AI engineers, and professional analysts, 4C democratizes world-class predictive intelligence, allowing anyone to make smarter decisions using AI.
