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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Video-Calling Tech Could Help Lonely Parrots Flock Together
Scientists at Northeastern University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the U.K.'s University of Glasgow led research to help pet parrots communicate...
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New Approach to Developing Efficient, High-Precision 3D Light Shapers
Researchers in Austria, Germany, and the U.K. have developed a simple method for manufacturing high-precision aperiodic photonic volume elements (APVEs).
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UK Blocks Microsoft's $69-billion Activision Deal over Cloud Gaming Concerns
The U.K. says Microsoft's remedies were not enough to end its concerns.
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Grasping the Future with a Robotic Hand-Arm Combo
Yale University researchers have created a robotic hand-arm combination that uses algorithms to optimize its degrees of freedom and control though unified movement...
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PricewaterhouseCoopers to Pour $1 Billion Into Generative AI
Multiyear investment in U.S. business includes accessing ChatGPT maker OpenAI's language model, training staff in AI capabilities.
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How AI Is Building the Next Blockbuster Videogames
Videogame companies are using generative artificial intelligence tools to create next-generation games faster, at less cost, and with more advanced interactivity...
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Researchers Combine Electric Poling, 3D Printing into Single Step
The electric poling-assisted additive manufacturing (EPAM) method developed by Purdue Polytechnic Institute researchers combines three-dimensional printing and...
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Advancing AI Research Infrastructure Through NSF Investments
The awards will focus on specific aspects of artificial intelligence research infrastructure and instrumentation.
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Computing and Social Responsibility
Hardware, software, and social media companies increasingly must consider the potential social and ethical risks of their products.
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The Crypto Detectives Are Cleaning Up
Early adopters thought cryptocurrencies would be free from prying eyes, but tracking the flow of funds has become a big business.
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Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping Teach Big AI Systems
Reddit announced it will begin charging for access to its application programming interface.
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Google's New Tool Turns Bard into a Code Wizard
Bard can now explain code snippets and generate code. It is capable of explaining why a block has the result that it does.
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A Google AI Model Developed an Unexpected Skill
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's experts call this aspect of AI a "black box."
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Locking Down Secure Open Source Software
Can even secure open source software ever be considered truly safe?
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Women in Computer Science Are Making Strides
Computer science is still not a level playing field for those women who majored in it and choose to pursue it as a career.
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This New Technology Could Blow Away GPT-4 and Everything Like It
The Hyena code is able to handle amounts of data that make GPT-style technology run out of memory and fail.
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OpenAI's Hunger for Data is Coming Back to Bite It
The company's artificial intelligence services may be breaking data protection laws, and there is no resolution in sight.
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Companies Turn to AI to Avoid 'Cloud Sprawl'
Cloud-computing usage at large companies is measured in millions of records a day, making it 'humanly impossible' to keep track of costs.
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