algorithm

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They relied on a computer algorithm to detect tiny, repeated dips in starlight that occur when a planet passes in front of its star.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Google’s TurboQuant algorithm reduces AI model memory size by at least six times and boosts speeds up to eightfold.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

As these keys are already public, a quantum system wouldn’t be limited by the 10-minute window; it could use Shor’s algorithm to crack into these wallets at any time.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

We let ourselves blend into the algorithm, feeding and obeying the machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

This is a conservative estimate, since the algorithm was able to identify only the most egregious form of cheating—in which teachers systematically changed students’ answers—and not the many subtler ways a teacher might cheat.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt