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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Johns Hopkins-Led Team Aims to Turn Computer Systems Into Digital Detectives
An international team of researchers is using an $11-million U.S. Department of Defense grant to streamline investigations by developing algorithms for extracting...
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How to Ensure AI Is Good For Girls: A Robot For Every Child
Rapid progress is being made in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics, as milestones are being passed in a wide range of areas.
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Captcha Is Dying. This Is How It's Being Reinvented For the AI Age
Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) appear to be heading toward obsolescence.
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Uss mccain collision Ultimately Caused By Ui Confusion
On November 1, the US Navy issued its report on the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain this summer.
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Russian Ads, Now Publicly Released, Show Sophistication of Influence Campaign
Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote...
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Ornl, City of Oak Ridge Partner on Sensor Project to Capture Trends in Cities
Researchers are partnering with Oak Ridge, TN, to develop a sensor network and real-time visualization platform that helps cities evaluate urban activity trends...
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Small Words in an Email Can Reveal a Person's Identity
Researchers have demonstrated it is possible to identify someone by analyzing small sequences of words in emails.
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To Secure the Internet of Things, We Must Build It Out of 'patchable' Hardware
The security of the Internet of Things could depend on its constituent hardware being "patchable" so it can adapt to future threats, write several experts.
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Sharing Secrets (without Giving Them Away)
Secure multiparty computation protects privacy while sharing vital data.
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How Russian Trolls Lie Their Way to the Top of Your News Feed
Going viral used to be harmless.
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Facebook Struggles to Contain Russia Narrative
Facebook has been happy to keep congressional investigators focused on the Russian-bought online ads that helped sway voters in last year's election—despite the...
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Secure Payment Without Leaving a Trace
Researchers in Germany have developed a secure system for making online payments that that works anonymously and prevents misuse.
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Twitter Bans Russian Government-Owned News Sites Rt and Sputnik from Buying Ads
Twitter is banning two Russian government-affiliated news sites from advertising on its platform, the social network said Thursday.
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Inspired By Brain's Visual Cortex, New AI tterly Wrecks Captcha Security
Computer algorithms have gotten much better at recognizing patterns, like specific animals or people's faces, allowing software to automatically categorize large...
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Like Magic: The Tech That Goes Into Making Money Harder to Fake
In 2005, shortly after earning a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, Sam Cape was looking for work online when he came across a cryptic help...
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Censoring Sensors
Amid growing outcry over controversial online videos, tech firms grapple with how best to police online advertising.
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Overcoming Disabilities
Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.
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Why Blockchain Is Taking Over the World
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchain-based cryptocurrencies are booming—and for good reason.
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