algorithm
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Many service sector workers find that they only get shifts when an algorithm says their labor is required – leaving their schedules and earnings unpredictable.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Rather than manually extracting proteins and peptides from tissues and then using methods such as mass spectrometry to identify huge numbers of molecules, the researchers created a computer algorithm called Peptide Predictor.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
But those everyday traders can’t react anywhere near as quickly as a fast-twitch algorithm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
No one has yet curated the perfect user base or algorithm to map people’s feeds exactly onto the preferences of the country, or even Maine primary voters.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then they would use Goldman’s algorithm, and the diagnosis and outcome of every patient treated under the two systems would be compared.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Sites must also consider how their algorithms – the computer code which recommends new content to users – could be harmful to young people and mitigate any risks.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
River can be a good thing, social media algorithms can flatten the context around the waterway, particularly when it comes to demographic changes in nearby neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Even the qualitative factors are quantified and fed to the hiring algorithms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"There's no AI autonomous algorithms ever capable to handle that safely."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
“I can write some algorithms to help your search. I can create a visual recognition program to see if their faces pop up in anyone else’s social media. I can help a lot.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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