There are many common examples of algorithms, from sorting sets of numbers to finding routes through maps to displaying information on a screen.

1. An algorithm is a set of very specific instructions How to bake a cake, find the sum of two plus two, or even run a country according to the U.S. Constitution are all examples of algorithms. Why?

Another example of clustering algorithms in use is recommender systems, which group together users with similar viewing, browsing, or shopping patterns to recommend similar content.

A study published Thursday in Science has found that a health care risk-prediction algorithm, a major example of tools used on more than 200 million people in the U.S., demonstrated racial bias ...

Google has said that its most recent major search update, the inclusion of the BERT algorithm, will help it better understand the intent behind users’ search queries, which should mean more ...

Algorithms are proprietary though, and monopolistic within their context (a customer can’t select the algorithm they want to use to assess their credit, for instance).

Examples abound of AI systems behaving badly. Last year, Amazon was forced to ditch a hiring algorithm that was found to be gender biased; Google was left red-faced after the autocomplete ...