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Open-Source Fish Robot Collecting Microplastics from U.K. Lakes
From ACM TechNews

Open-Source Fish Robot Collecting Microplastics from U.K. Lakes

A robot fish that won the 2022 Natural Robotics Contest has been developed into a functioning prototype that can collect microplastics from waterways.

These are The 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Jobs in 2022
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These are The 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Jobs in 2022

Unlike sectors such as hospitality, the cloud computing industry continued to grow in 2020 and onwards. But it's not stopping there.

Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are
From ACM TechNews

Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are

An artificial intelligence system developed by scientists at Canada's University of Victoria can ascertain the predicted chemical composition of drugs.

Flawed Algorithm Used to Determine U.K. Welfare Payments Is 'Pushing People Into Poverty'
From ACM TechNews

Flawed Algorithm Used to Determine U.K. Welfare Payments Is 'Pushing People Into Poverty'

Human Rights Watch warns a flawed algorithm for calculating monthly social security benefits in Britain is causing hunger, debt, and psychological distress.

Majority of Europeans Would Consider Human Augmentation, Study Finds
From ACM TechNews

Majority of Europeans Would Consider Human Augmentation, Study Finds

A survey of more than 14,000 people in 16 countries found most Europeans would consider technological augmentation to their bodies.

Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics
From ACM TechNews

Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics

Only 15% of university instructors and professors surveyed are teaching artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, and just 18% of students say they are learning about...

Report: Whichever Country Claims AI Supremacy This Decade Will Rule the Earth
From ACM News

Report: Whichever Country Claims AI Supremacy This Decade Will Rule the Earth

Global economy expert Indermit Gill predicts the global leader in artificial intelligence in 2030 will go on to rule the planet for the balance of this century....

Microsoft just made 60,000 of its patents open source
From ACM News

Microsoft just made 60,000 of its patents open source

Apart from older Linux Kernel and Android patents, Microsoft's patent library includes upcoming technologies like LF Energy and HyperLedger.

White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research
From ACM TechNews

White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research

The White House has established an Office of Science and Technology Policy subcommittee to oversee federal backing and investment for quantum technology research...

Facebook AI Turns One Style of Music Into Another
From ACM TechNews

Facebook AI Turns One Style of Music Into Another

Facebook AI Research has developed a neural network that can translate music from one style, genre, and set of instruments into another.

Military Documents Reveal How the ­S Army Plans to Deploy AI in Future Wars
From ACM News

Military Documents Reveal How the ­S Army Plans to Deploy AI in Future Wars

Tomorrow's wars will be fought with a lethal combination of soldiers, drones, and AI-powered systems. The Internet of Battle Things, as it's being called, is a vast...

This Artificial Intelligence Turns Horses Into Zebras--and Winter Into Summer
From ACM TechNews

This Artificial Intelligence Turns Horses Into Zebras--and Winter Into Summer

A new model enables users to transform images in a "cycle consistent" way, so any changes to the original image are expected to remain fully reversible.

Tech Pioneer Vint Cerf on the Age of Context and Why You Can't Be a Citizen of the Internet
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Tech Pioneer Vint Cerf on the Age of Context and Why You Can't Be a Citizen of the Internet

Few people have as much claim as Vint Cerf to the title "Father of the Internet," but as the technologies he helped develop in the 1970s and 1980s become increasingly...
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