The article byline indicates 08 May 2025 but response header shows Last-Modified: Fri, 09 May 2025 13:39:02 GMT and the earliest entry in the Internet Archive is Fri, 09 May 2025 12:28:01 GMT.
The white smoke emerged from the Vatican Thu, 08 May 2025 16:07 GMT and Pope Leo XIV was announced shortly thereafter.
Leonardo Rizzo, one of the researchers, claimed on X.com that they published before the Pope was elected.
An X user commented:
> “Guessed” after the fact. Interesting nonetheless and worth sharing before the event next time!
Rizzo replied:
> Thanks a lot! We shared it the 8th morning on linkedin, the university website and few other sources (italian press). Next time I’ll also share it on X
https://x.com/LnrdRizzo/status/1920841806096343409
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/universita-bocconi_a-new-way-...
Posted at Thu, 08 May 2025 08:24:51 GMT according to https://trevorfox.com/linkedin-post-date-extractor.html
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/giuseppe-beppe-soda-414749b0_...