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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

Oura’s senior vice president of science, Shyamal Patel, said the company captured 1,200 nights of simultaneous Oura and lab data to tune its sleep-staging algorithm to be as close to clinical results as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Antonelli was in no mood to obey a computer algorithm.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

He took Goldman’s algorithm, presented it to the doctors in the Cook County ED and the doctors in the Department of Medicine, and announced that he was holding a bake-off.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Social-media algorithms now drive content more based on users’ interest and less according to a creator’s follower count, boosting the reach of small creators.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

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

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

Rather than simply drawing a line inland, their algorithms identify the fastest walking routes to refuge sites beyond "waves' reach," which local authorities have validated.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

The legislation includes a requirement that platforms allow users to "opt out" of powerful algorithms that determine what comes up on social media feeds.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Nor can you understand the complexities of computing—the nature of algorithms, or the storage or corruption of data—without comprehending the structural anatomy of digitized information.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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