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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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Keep in mind that there’s no hard evidence that LLMs, which are essentially souped-up versions of the predictive text algorithm on your phone, are going to assemble into something so complex and godlike.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

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

The company has stood behind its data’s accuracy and noted that both its algorithm and clinical sleep studies involve some degree of error.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Antonelli was in no mood to obey a computer algorithm.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Rather, he wanted to make sure that the teachers identified by the algorithm as cheaters were truly cheating—and then do something about it.

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

And social-media algorithms now drive content more based on users’ interest and less according to a creator’s follower count.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

We can imagine algorithms with godlike intelligence but not AI diplomacy?

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

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

It would require firms like Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to give users the option of turning off algorithms that tailor recommendations to their personal taste.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Less controversial is the contention that there are no clear-cut, easy algorithms that allow us to distinguish science from pseudoscience in all cases.

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




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