Communications of the ACM
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April 2022
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Algorithm Can Identify People by Their Heartbeat
Researchers are developing an algorithm that can identify people by heartbeat.
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Waymo to Send Driverless Cars Through San Francisco
Waymo has deployed fully driverless cars onto the streets of San Francisco to provide free rides to its employees.
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Data-Harvesting Code in Mobile Apps Sends User Data to 'Russia's Google'
A researcher found that Yandex, known as "Russia's Google," embedded code in apps for mobile devices that allows data to be sent to servers in Russia.
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Can AI Help Casinos Cut Down on Problem Gambling?
The opportunities seem endless. The reality is much more complicated.
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'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses
A growing number of new products allow anyone to apply artificial intelligence without having to write a line of computer code. Proponents believe the "no-code" movement will change the world.
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AI Beats 8 World Champions at Bridge
Victory marks milestone for AI as bridge requires more human skills than other strategy games
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Russia Inches Toward Its Splinternet Dream
For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign Internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine.
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How AI is Cleaning Up the High Seas
The state of maritime monitoring hasn't changed much in generations. Pirates beware; AI is changing that.
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Scientists Finish Decoding Last 8% of Human Genome
An international team of researchers completed the decoding of the final 8% of the human genome.
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Fighting Discrimination in Mortgage Lending
To help combat discrimination in mortgage lending, a new process can remove bias from the data used to train machine learning models.
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Sign Language Glossary Aims to Widen Tech Access
A sign language glossary features more than 500 new signs covering computer science, cybersecurity, data science, and software development.
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Watch a Robot Peel a Banana Without Crushing It
A machine learning system developed by researchers at Japan's University of Tokyo can train a robot to peel a banana without crushing it.
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Technology's Impact on Morality
Leading technologists and thinkers are concerned about technology's impact on our ethical thinking.
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Can AI Learn to Forget?
Specialized techniques may make it possible to induce selective 'amnesia' in machine learning models.
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Still Waiting for Self-Driving Cars
Why is it taking so long for autonomous vehicles to hit the road?