algorithm
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“The algorithm was putting us in a position where we were bringing back people that frankly already exist in our CRM base and can be more efficiently reached that way,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Highland Council says a Home Office algorithm has allocated it with a "significant increase" in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to look after.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
I’m considerably less enthusiastic about the possibility of an algorithm deciding that my apparent dependence on black beans means I could stand to pay another 30 cents per can.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
The country may be doing considerably better than your algorithm wants you to believe.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 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
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Its ability to repeatedly observe the Southern Hemisphere sky, combined with advanced computer algorithms, makes it possible to search enormous quantities of astronomical data for subtle changes in the positions of objects.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Green cautions that there’s no evidence the world’s cryptographic algorithms have already been cracked, but he thinks the next AI-powered math breakthroughs could touch more directly on cryptography’s foundational math.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Their algorithms push small people into major power.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
But Linebaugh said he worries that “everything is just going to become so uniform,” as the industry seems to lean too heavily on algorithms and audiences’ preferences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Scythedom, she knew, had created its own algorithms for searching the unsearchable contents of the backbrain—but Citra couldn’t ask Scythe Curie without making her suspicious.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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