ABC World News Tonight: Episode, Aug 12, 2026

Wed, Aug 12EpisodeHistory onlyABC World News Tonight

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13 words · 6 settled yes

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Trump 5+ timesYes65%n=14 from settlement history–
Turkey Yes50%n=2 from settlement history–
Lakers Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Powerball Yes38%n=3 from settlement history–
Eclipse Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Midterm Yes34%n=7 from settlement history–
Iran 3+ timesNo59%n=23 from settlement history–
Blanche No48%n=9 from settlement history–
Hormuz No48%n=7 from settlement history–
Inflation No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Russia / Russian No45%n=2 from settlement history–
Cyclospora / Cyclosporiasis No38%n=7 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence No28%n=16 from settlement history–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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