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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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For instance, an AI model could “create a better training algorithm and then apply this method to create a new model that is even better at coding or reasoning.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

"A lot of Australians appreciate the algorithm, both for the enjoyment they get out of it or the utility they get out of it," Communications Minister Anika Wells told national broadcaster ABC.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

This means the satellite sensor and an algorithm identified a pixel containing thermal anomalies associated with fire.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

If you lie dead still and your pulse plummets, the algorithm might assume you’re in deep sleep—a reasonable deduction, but still a guess.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 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

The algorithms needed to carry out this processing were developed in collaboration with Johannes Kofler's team at JKU Linz.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Rather than simply drawing a line inland, their algorithms identify the fastest walking routes to refuge sites beyond "waves' reach," which local authorities have validated.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Here's what algorithms do, and the arguments around their effects.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

If tech firms such as Meta, Google and TikTok did not give the option to turn off algorithms, they should face "substantial" penalties, she said.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Nor can you understand the complexities of computing—the nature of algorithms, or the storage or corruption of data—without comprehending the structural anatomy of digitized information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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