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algorithm

[al-guh-rith-uhm] / ˈæl gəˌrɪð əm /


NOUN
program
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Such direct relationships, he stressed, are the core asset of modern journalism, even as tech platforms continually insert themselves between news outlets and their readers and viewers through algorithm tweaks.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Obviously the most beloved gay bar in San Francisco isn’t engaging in human trafficking. So that algorithm needs a little tweak,” co-owner and general manager Rachel Ryan told the outlet Mission Local in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s not driven by an algorithm, and frankly, it’s a nightmare to navigate, but that’s part of its charm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Over the last couple of months my whole TikTok and Instagram is just people learning to drive. It's like my algorithm knows, it's quite scary," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

He jumps off the desk and strides to the board and begins to talk about the perfect short-response algorithm.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

The name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the theory that the internet today is mostly bots, AI slop and corporate algorithms, while the human element is quickly disappearing from the web.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Sumbul Desai, Apple’s vice president of health and fitness, told me that the Apple Watch algorithms for step-counting have been updated to be more accurate, even on older models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

"The underlying algorithms that we were using for most of these robotic simulations they hark back to the 1970s and 1980s, but those algorithms are not really brilliant fits for GPUs," Storey says.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 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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