Google algorithm monitors searches to spot restaurants that could give you food poisoning

Google may soon tell you which restaurants could give you food poisoning. The tech giant is working with Harvard University to develop an algorithm that analyzes Google searches to spot which restaurants might have food safety issues. Researchers say it's capable of flagging possible offenders in'near real time.' They created a machine-learning based algorithm to identify unsafe restaurants, training it to look for specific search terms and location data. The model is called FINDER, or Foodborne Illness Detector in Real Time.