So you say Google is using a battery of hidden markov chains with classical or slightly novel algorithms? I could believe that, given the quality of the Google

So you say Google is using a battery of hidden markov chains with classical or slightly novel algorithms? I could believe that, given the quality of the Google Predict results. Plus Google buying http://recordedfuture.com http://recordedfuture.com undermines that their Prediction algo's aren't top notch (mildly expressed).