Spoiler alert: students at the Technical University of Munich have developed an app to predict which character is most likely to claim the coveted Iron Throne in Game of Thrones.
The artificial intelligence software analysed data on who has lived and died so far to come up with survival chances for the remaining contenders, and concluded that Daenerys Targaryen has the best chance of being the last person standing.
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