The Netflix Prize Has Been Won

Jun.27, 2009 in companies, cool, programming

In 2006, Netflix announced a contest to improve the recommendation engine it uses by at least 10%. Yesterday it was announced that a team was able to reach 10.05%. Read more about it in Wired.com.

The winning team wins $1,000,000.

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