algorithm
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"There isn't a life that Facebook's algorithm hasn't touched, and that influence has shaped everything. So it's time to say more," Sorkin told the event.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, taking inspiration and personnel from Barack Obama’s two election wins, was a data-heavy enterprise that relied on analytics — and, famously, an algorithm named Ada.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
This algorithm scanned all 20,000 human protein-coding genes to identify where prohormones could be cut into peptides.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
The spokesman said the majority of fares typically go to drivers, but the exact percentage varies and depends on a range of factors determined by an algorithm, including distance, location and traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
In fact, the word algorithm was a corruption of al-Khowarizmi’s name.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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