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What is an algorithm?

Algorithms

1 December 2021

Originally a way of solving complicated equations with moving variables, the modern definition of an algorithm is morphing

Maths exam

DeepMind created a maths AI that can add up to 6 but gets 7 wrong

4 April 2019

AI firm DeepMind taught an AI to take a maths exam designed for 16-year-olds in the UK, but it only managed to get an E grade

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