Cortana likes the Browns over the Ravens in Week 3. Jason Miller/Getty Images Microsoft's Cortana — the virtual assistant that correctly predicted 15 of 16 World Cup knockout stage games — went 9-7 in its NFL picks in Week 2.

Cortana now has a 19-13 record on the year.

For comparison, Las Vegas favorites are 17-15 overall and Nate Silver's ELO model is 19-13. Considering that the engine is just predicting winners and not results against the spread, 19-13 is just an OK record.

In the Week 2 games in which Cortana and Vegas disagreed (Baltimore-Pittsburgh, Miami-Buffalo, New York-Arizona), Cortana went 2-1 and Vegas went 1-2. The Microsoft engine had the Bills as a 62.9% favorite while Vegas initially had the Dolphins as the favorite. Buffalo won 29-10.

Here are Cortana's picks for Week 3 (with the Vegas betting lines as of Tuesday afternoon in parentheses):

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons — Falcons win, 71.6% chance (Falcons -6.5)

San Diego Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills — Chargers win, 51.5% chance (Bills -2.5)

Dallas Cowboys vs. St. Louis Rams — Cowboys win, 55% chance (Cowboys -1)

Washington Redskins vs. Philadelphia Eagles — Eagles win, 72.9% chance (Eagles -6.5)

Houston Texans vs. New York Giants — Texans win, 58.2% chance (Texans -2.5)

Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints — Saints win, 74.2% chance (Saints -9.5)

Tennessee Titans vs. Cincinnati Bengals — Bengals win, 71.6% chance (Bengals -7)

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns — Browns win, 58.2% chance (Ravens -1.5)

Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions — Lions win, 58.2% chance (Lions -1.5)

Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars — Colts win, 64.4% chance (Colts -6.5)

Oakland Raiders vs. New England Patriots — Patriots win, 82% chance (Patriots -14)

San Francisco 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals — 49ers win, 58.2% chance (49ers -2.5)

Denver Broncos vs. Seattle Seahawks — Seahawks win, 58.2% chance (Seahawks -5)

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins — Dolphins win, 53.3% chance (Dolphins -4.5)

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Carolina Panthers — Panthers win, 67.4% chance (Panthers -3.5)

Chicago Bears vs. New York Jets — Jets win, 58.2% chance (Jets -2.5)

Vegas and Cortana disagree on two games, Baltimore-Cleveland and San Diego-Buffalo.

*Correction: An earlier version of this post said Cortana and Vegas picked the Eagles in Week 2. They both had the Colts as the favorite. As a result, Cortana went 9-7 in Week 2, not 10-6. Vegas favorites went 8-8, not 9-7. The post has been updated.



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