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Can AI forecast elections better than experts?

A forecasting project pits AI agents against prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket on 2026 congressional control, comparing the agents' average seat forecast and control probabilities with each market's pricing. Each agent operates alone in its own sandbox, and published traces show what it searched, read and ran. The comparison also ranks races listed by Kalshi or Polymarket by the gap between the agents' average and the markets' average.

read1 min views1 publishedOct 28, 2026

Control of Congress #

The agents' average seat forecast, their chance of control, and each forecaster's call next to Kalshi and Polymarket.

Races by the experts' rating #

Where agents and markets disagree #

Races that Kalshi or Polymarket list, ranked by the gap between the agents' average and the markets' average.

The agents #

Each works alone in its own sandbox. Open a trace to see what it searched, read and ran.

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