machine learning

American  

[muh-sheen lur-ning] / məˈʃin ˌlɜr nɪŋ /

noun

Computers, Digital Technology.

1. the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference (often used attributively).

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machine learning British  

noun

1. a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it

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Etymology

Origin of machine learning

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Researchers have developed an AI-based system that uses machine learning to detect fire in video feeds.

From BBC

Dating apps have long used machine learning to make informed guesses about which individuals might be most compatible.

From The Wall Street Journal

He added that the platform has “a very large audience and inventory opportunity, attractive demographics, high-impact ad formats, and market-leading machine learning technology.”

From Barron's

Alpamayo is an open-source AI model, with the underlying code now available on machine learning platform Hugging Face, where autonomous vehicle researchers can access it for free and retrain the model, Huang said.

From BBC

Using the data from their experiments, the researchers developed a machine learning model to help predict whether industrial chemicals -- whether already in use, or in development -- are likely to harm human gut bacteria.

From Science Daily

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