spam filter
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spam filters
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"We've essentially built a scientific spam filter," Professor Barnett said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
The EU proposals include grading AI products depending on their impact - an email spam filter, for example, would require lighter regulation than a cancer-detection tool.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
Rather, the tools are like “a spam filter … you still want to go through your spam filter every week” to check for erroneously flagged legitimate content.
From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2023
“Why? Because those algorithmic systems precisely are designed like a great, sort of giant spam filter to identify and deprecate and downgrade bad content.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
"So you're saying that you think the police should suck as hard as my spam filter?"
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
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