Machine Learning (ML) refers to a branch of artificial intelligence concerned with developing algorithms and models that improve their performance at tasks over time by learning from data – without being explicitly programmed for each task. In other words, ML systems identify patterns in historical data and use those insights to make decisions or predictions when given new data. This concept is central to modern AI: by leveraging data, ML enables applications such as personalized recommendations, fraud detection, image classification, and predictive analytics—all without requiring human-coded logic for each scenario.