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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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But increasingly, culture just arrives - in an endless stream, sorted and served by an algorithm that is constantly predicting our tastes.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

"The mind must not simply compile data -- as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can," the pontiff said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mr. Sorkin attempts to dramatize this discussion via heavy use of charts and repeated invocations of a figure: 64% of those who joined extremist groups on Facebook were directed there by the platform’s own algorithm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Moët Hennessy provided data from previous spoiled crops to help train the AI algorithm on what to recognize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The color maps of billions of minds, all controlled by an algorithm.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

In chemistry research, for instance, the current level of fidelity will allow for algorithms that can make predictions about simple molecules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Temper those outrageous emotions, the ones the algorithms have gotten so good at teasing out of us.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

The researchers also used computer algorithms to compare its skeletal features with those of other dinosaurs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

"There's the mythical figure of your big brother's friend or something, who passes on good music taste to you," says Chayka, whose book Filterworld explores the impacts of algorithms on culture.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Not only that, but its algorithms were built on the full sum of human knowledge.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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