algorithm
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"No algorithm can make war morally acceptable," the Pope wrote.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“If there is extremist content, the algorithm will just feed you more and more and more,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Quantum systems’ disruptive potential lies in their ability to execute Shor’s algorithm, or find the prime factors of an integer in polynomial time.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
These approaches could help calibrate systems more responsibly by testing how often an algorithm wrongly flags people or locations.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
This is a conservative estimate, since the algorithm was able to identify only the most egregious form of cheating—in which teachers systematically changed students’ answers—and not the many subtler ways a teacher might cheat.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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