Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
Don't Judge Us on Our Fines, Meta's EU Data Watchdog Pleads
Regulator has faced stinging criticism over performance.
From ACM TechNews
Over 40% of West Coast Tech Job Listings Are Outside West Coast
An analysis by the Conference Board found West Coast technology companies listing nearly half of their white-collar jobs in states outside that region.
From ACM News
China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.
From ACM News
AI Cannot Patent its Own Work, U.S. Copyright Office Rules
Copyright law only protects "the fruits of intellectual labor" that "are founded in the creative powers of the human mind," it says.
From ACM TechNews
Texas Sues Meta's Facebook over Facial-Recognition Practices
The Texas Attorney General's Office has filed suit against Facebook for allegedly violating state law with its facial recognition technology.
From ACM TechNews
AI Can Erase Tattoos from Photos to Help Face Recognition Systems
Researchers trained an algorithm to remove facial tattoos from images, in order to improve facial recognition systems.
From ACM News
Digital Technology Fans Firefighting
New tools help firefighters identify the dynamics and characteristics of a fire—and respond more effectively.
From ACM News
Crypto Scammers’ New Target: Dating Apps
"Everything was a lie," said one woman lured into a recent scam.
From ACM News
The C.D.C. Isn't Publishing Large Portions of the COVID Data It Collects
The agency has withheld critical data on boosters, hospitalizations and, until recently, wastewater analyses.
From ACM TechNews
Fake Faces Created by AI Look More Trustworthy than Real People
Researchers found that people have a hard time distinguishing images of human faces created by artificial intelligence from images of real faces.
From ACM TechNews
Adaptive LED Headlights Get NHTSA Approval in the U.S.
The U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration issued a new rule permitting the use of adaptive LED headlights on U.S. roads.
From ACM News
Israel’s 'Microsoft of Quantum Computing' Makes Its Move
It is anticipated quantum computing will revolutionize military, economic, and technological affairs and the basis for encryption of the entire Internet.
From ACM News
Hybrid AI: A New Way to Make Machine Minds that Really Think Like Us
In the quest to make artificial intelligence that can reason and apply knowledge flexibly, many researchers are focused on fresh insights from neuroscience. Should...
From ACM TechNews
Smartphone App Can Vibrate Single Drop of Blood to Determine How Well It Clots
A new test uses a single drop of blood and a smartphone's vibration motor and camera to determine whether blood clots too easily, or not at all.
From ACM TechNews
Deepfake Democracy: South Korean Candidate Goes Virtual for Votes
South Korean researchers used artificial intelligence technology to create what is believed to be the world's first official deepfake political candidate.
From ACM TechNews
Computer Models Show How Crop Production Increases Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Scientists used computer models to determine the growth of emissions of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide over the last century by U.S. crop production.
From ACM News
A Source of Security Challenges for Years to Come
Cybersecurity experts agree the recently uncovered Log4Shell software vulnerability is the most dangerous on record.
From ACM News
Is Firefox Okay?
Mozilla's privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
From ACM News
Economists Are Revising Their Views on Robots and Jobs
There is little evidence of a pandemic-induced surge in automation.
From ACM TechNews