“Uber uses algorithms to efficiently match you with drivers or delivery people... our algorithms then evaluate various factors to determine the best match, including your location, requested destination...”
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Driver and delivery person matching is an automated algorithmic process, not a human-curated one, and is driven by dynamic inputs that include the user's location and destination.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses ellipsis, indicating additional matching factors exist beyond those explicitly quoted. Only factors named in the excerpt are included in the canonical claim.
The driver or delivery person you are matched with is selected by an algorithm that considers your location and destination, among other factors.
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Driver and delivery person matching is an automated algorithmic process, not a human-curated one, and is driven by dynamic inputs that include the user's location and destination.
The driver or delivery person you are matched with is selected by an algorithm that considers your location and destination, among other factors.
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