Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Embuing AI with Ethics
In lieu of regulations, companies are starting to develop their own guidelines to control the use of artificial intelligence.
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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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Capturing What is Said
Artificial intelligence is boosting the capabilities of automatic speech recognition.
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Preserving the Past with Immersive Technologies
Digital technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and holograms allow museums and other institutions to preserve historical events and tell stories...
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Applied AI Teaches Handwriting
In an increasingly digital world, how do you teach students cursive handwriting?
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Using Makeup to Block Surveillance
Altering one's facial features with a special type of makeup can keep them from being recognized by artificial intelligence.
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The Drones of War
Drone makers are donating, or selling at cost, unmanned aerial drones to Ukraine.
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First, There Were Bug Bounties. Now, Here Come the Bias Bounties
Offering rewards for the identification of bias in algorithms.
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Filtering for Beauty
Social media "influencers" use augmented reality filtering apps to appear more beautiful, together, and cool. Results may vary.
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Softening Up Robots
Giving robots soft, artificial skin would enable them to work more closely with people.
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The Future of the Supply Chain
Experts agree supplies increasingly will be near-sourced.
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Exoskeletons Today
Wearable mobile machines integrate people and machines to assist the movement-impaired, and amplify the capabilities of industrial and defense workers while protecting...
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Who Owns 3D Scans of Historic Sites?
Three-dimensional scanning can be used to protect or rebuild historic structures, but who owns that digital data?
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The Dangers of Automating Social Programs
Is it possible to keep bias out of a social program driven by one or more algorithms?
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How AI Is Changing Software Development
Artificial intelligence technologies like advanced machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing will help build better software faster.
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Chatbots Take Off
Companies are exploring the use of a "human dialogue interface" to interact with customers and employees more effectively.
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The Need For Cognitive Computing
Companies get help digging the pearls of wisdom out of their big data.
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Teaching Computers with Illusions
Exploring the ways human vision can be fooled is helping developers of machine vision.12