Friday, October 31, 2014

Google Flu Trends Resorts to Actual Data Because It Got It Wrong

Google Flu Trends Resorts to Actual Data Because It Got It Wrong


Remember how excited everyone was about Google Flu Trends last year when it confirmed all of our deepest and darkest fears that we were doomed to a winter of misery? Apparently, using peoples' neurotic self-diagnoses isn't the most accurate way to track disease. So now, Google has decided to introduce a "new" flu-tracking engine. The new part? Reliable data.


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