algorithm

"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

Steffi Cao argues that we should be wary of the algorithm that incentivizes mindless scrolling, but there is nonetheless something charming about the wacky human storytelling that drives these videos.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

His startup, ScamDunk, uses a proprietary algorithm to scan sites such as Reddit, StockTwits and YouTube daily for surges in mentions of stocks that could be suspicious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Halkias gets paid to be funny, and his stand-up career was boosted by a YouTube algorithm that appreciated his talent for crowd work.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

The algorithm is a rule that protects the doctors from being swamped with too much information—the same way that the rule of agreement protects improv actors when they get up onstage.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Systematic funds follow trends in the market, picking up on signals sent by price action — either up or down — that their models and trading algorithms sniff out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

When Mia Perumal was 12 she says she was fed harmful content via social media algorithms.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Trained on stupendous amounts of human-generated sources, these LLMs use statistical algorithms to produce results that are all but indistinguishable from human creations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Social media algorithms tend to send young men and young women to different places,” said Deckman, who is CEO of the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mathematics in this view is cut-and-dried and calls for nothing so much as mastery of the requisite algorithms, and unlimited patience.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos