algorithm
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If a retailer’s algorithm detects that you have been browsing a product without buying, it may send you a coupon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
But before you hand your savings to an algorithm, you should consider what kinds of choices you should trust AI to help you make.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
"No algorithm can make war morally acceptable," the Pope wrote.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
An algorithm can now perform in seconds what would once have required weeks of officers riffling through papers and records.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Then they would use Goldman’s algorithm, and the diagnosis and outcome of every patient treated under the two systems would be compared.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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