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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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"Over the last couple of months my whole TikTok and Instagram is just people learning to drive. It's like my algorithm knows, it's quite scary," she said.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Keep in mind that there’s no hard evidence that LLMs, which are essentially souped-up versions of the predictive text algorithm on your phone, are going to assemble into something so complex and godlike.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

For instance, an AI model could “create a better training algorithm and then apply this method to create a new model that is even better at coding or reasoning.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Oura had previously claimed the 95% accuracy, but shifted to a new machine-learning algorithm in 2023, after the study’s research concluded.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

The algorithm guessed right more than 95 percent of the time.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Sumbul Desai, Apple’s vice president of health and fitness, told me that the Apple Watch algorithms for step-counting have been updated to be more accurate, even on older models.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

We can imagine algorithms with godlike intelligence but not AI diplomacy?

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

Rather than simply drawing a line inland, their algorithms identify the fastest walking routes to refuge sites beyond "waves' reach," which local authorities have validated.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Australia is set to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of content recommended by algorithms when they log in.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Nor can you understand the complexities of computing—the nature of algorithms, or the storage or corruption of data—without comprehending the structural anatomy of digitized information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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