A support vector machine (SVM) is a computer algorithm that learns by example to assign labels to objects 1.For instance, an SVM can learn to recognize fraudulent credit card activity by examining ...

Support Vector Machines, aka SVM (for binary classification) Random Forests, a type of “bagging” ensemble algorithm (for both classification and regression) ...

He’s credited with coming up with the first support vector machine (SVM) algorithm. SVMs are widely used today for machine learning purposes. They can come in handy for analyzing text, images ...

To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.