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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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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

Just like DeepSeek’s innovation on algorithm encouraged China to invest in artificial intelligence, Huawei’s new approach should give the industry a lot more confidence to invest in domestic semiconductor players, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 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

The classrooms shown by the algorithm to have the best teachers, in which big gains were thought to have been legitimately attained.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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