Economists run a secret prediction game each year. When ChatGPT took part, here's what happened.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BIEconomists, hedge fund investors, and tech executives compete in a forecasting contest each year.OpenAI's ChatGPT participated in the 2025 game for the first time.The competition tested AI's ability to make predictions without clear online content as a guide.The ability to forecast the future is a valuable sign of intelligence and a good test of AI's capabilities. How good is ChatGPT at prediction?An answer to this fascinating question emerged recently when economis