That's a very misleading take. First of all PREDICT was shut down in October, so if it was going to help, then it certainly had a chance. But it was shut down

That's a very misleading take. First of all PREDICT was shut down in October, so if it was going to help, then it certainly had a chance. But it was shut down because it failed, not to save money “But things got complicated in the last two years, and by January, Predict was essentially collapsed into hibernation.” Maybe I'm misreading the quote, but it sounds like there was some sort of problem with the program, and they just gave up and shut it down.