Communications of the ACM
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April 2023
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Japan Quantum Computer Debut Sets Off Scramble for Tech Breakthroughs
On March 27, Japan's RIKEN research institute began granting cloud access to its quantum computer to outside users.
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Smartphone-based Satellite Connectivity to Move Beyond Emergency Services
Different approaches emerge in the race to provide direct-to-satellite smartphone services.
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How Russia Killed its Tech Industry
The invasion of Ukraine supercharged the decline of the country's already struggling tech sector—and undercut its biggest success story, Yandex.
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U.S.-China Tech War: Without Advanced Chips, Can China's Smartphone Industry Survive?
Limited access to high-end semiconductor chips poses a major threat to China's world-leading smartphone manufacturing industry.
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A Campaign Aide Didn't Write That Email. A.I. Did.
The swift advance of artificial intelligence in politics is already blurring the boundaries between fact and fake.
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Police Relied on Hidden Technology and Put the Wrong Person in Jail
A man falsely accused of theft in a state he said he had never even visited.
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A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill.
The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO. It turns out that not every part of the government has gotten the message.
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The State of Artificial Intelligence: Stanford HAI Releases its Latest AI Index Report
Stanford HAI's new report also dedicates multiple chapters to the impact of AI on society.
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Researchers Screen for Prediabetes with Smartphones
University of Washington researchers have created a prediabetes screening tool that taps the capacitive touch-sensing capabilities of smartphones to measure blood glucose levels.
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AI Could Set Bar for Designing Hurricane-Resistant Buildings
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers have created a new digital hurricane modeling technique that more accurately simulates storm trajectory and wind speeds.
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The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech
A recent police conference in Dubai showcased next-generation surveillance technologies for use by law enforcement agencies across the globe.
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AI Pioneer Admits There is a Small Chance AI Leads to Humanity's Extinction
Ultimately, though, Hinton says artificial intelligencew has a lot of potential to help make people's jobs easier.
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The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing
Computers have been digital for half a century. Why would anyone want to resurrect the clunkers of yesteryear?
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AI Rewrites Coding
Even as software grows increasingly complex, artificial intelligence helps to simplify and automate coding tasks.
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. . . And the Computer Plays Along
Software can improvise on the spot to accompany the performance of live musicians.
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Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery
Finding novel materials needs more than pure machine learning.