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CaseCrunch, a recent AI startup founded by Cambridge law students, has won a challenge against 112 lawyers in predicting outcomes of claims with the UK Financial Ombudsman for mis-selling Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). The competition provided participants with factual scenarios for PPI mis-selling claims and asked for a yes or no prediction on whether the claim would be upheld.