algorithm
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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
They roam a mine production area that stretches as far as the eye can see—an area of 3,500 soccer fields—with a computer algorithm telling them where to go next to pick up coal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Once she created her own algorithm to sort out the irrelevant photos from the streetcams, she had a full complement of surveillance videos.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Some interventions may reverse certain age-associated patterns, and computer algorithms use those changes to estimate a person's biological age.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
The traditional world of perfumes has not been able to turn up its nose to new technology and algorithms even though the industry insists that human sensorial expertise can never be fully replaced.
From Barron's ● 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
My real peers are creating algorithms and solving problems.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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