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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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On Instagram for example, when you turn off the algorithm, you can't see direct messages or access your profile and settings.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The mind must not simply compile data -- as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can," the pontiff said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Moët Hennessy provided data from previous spoiled crops to help train the AI algorithm on what to recognize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Steffi Cao argues that we should be wary of the algorithm that incentivizes mindless scrolling, but there is nonetheless something charming about the wacky human storytelling that drives these videos.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

The algorithm guessed right more than 95 percent of the time.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

These untamed mousers would eventually evolve into the fluffy tabbies, Siberians and ragdolls that dominate today’s social-media algorithms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The researchers also used computer algorithms to compare its skeletal features with those of other dinosaurs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The most frightening aspect of mining engagement — the part we might not always think about — is how the tools and algorithms designed for it must change as users age out of different platforms.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

"There's the mythical figure of your big brother's friend or something, who passes on good music taste to you," says Chayka, whose book Filterworld explores the impacts of algorithms on culture.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Not only that, but its algorithms were built on the full sum of human knowledge.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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