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

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machine learning

The discovery also demonstrates that these elusive objects can be identified with conventional sky surveys combined with machine learning, rather than relying exclusively on more expensive observational methods.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

The AI models are traditional machine learning rather than generative AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Gong has since earned his doctorate from U-M and now works in Chicago as a machine learning scientist.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

In 1994 he left academia to bring machine learning to Wall Street, then founded SCT Capital, one of the first hedge funds built entirely on machine-driven trading.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

She says the app has come a long way since it first launched in the US in 2014, with machine learning systems which could identify 285 common bird species from photos.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

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