Machine-learning algorithms use statistics to find patterns in massive* amounts of data. And data, here, encompasses a lot of things—numbers, words, images, clicks, what have you.

Machine learning and predictive algorithms are part of its advanced demand forecasting, which uses historical trends, weather and local events to help restaurants predict when guests may arrive. Food.

Machine learning and its subsets are useful for a wide range of problems, tasks, and applications. There’s computer vision , which allows computers to “see” and make sense of images and videos.