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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'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses
Products allow anyone to use AI without writing any computer code.
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How Picking Up Your Smartphone Could Reveal Your Identity
Researchers from Lancaster University and the University of Bath use phone usage time to help identify users
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Solving for Why
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
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Virtual Duplicates
Digital twins aim to model reality so we can see how it changes.
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Fight Against World Hunger
Advancements in AI, machine learning, and next-gen technologies are transforming the fight against world hunger.
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Converting Laws to Programs
In highly regulated industries, it is critical that laws are translated precisely into code that reflects their intent.
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Trouble at the Source
Errors and biases in artificial intelligence systems often reflect the data used to train them.
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The Road Ahead for Augmented Reality
A heads-up look at augmented reality head-up displays.
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What Is the Cost of Living Online?
The cost of powering streaming and other rapidly growing online services will not "take down the Internet."
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Qubit Devices Inch Toward Reality
Key questions and challenges remain, including how to scale qubit devices while reducing noise and errors to the point where the devices become useful.
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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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Amazon Brings Its Cashierless Tech to Two Whole Foods Stores
Just Walk Out tech lets shoppers skip the checkout line
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Computer Scientists Create Search Systems to Limit COVID-19 Misinformation
New system increases the correctness and reliability of health-related searches by 80%
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Non-Fungible Tokens and the Future of Art
A new blockchain-based technology is changing how the art world works, and changing how we think about asset ownership in the process.
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Twitter's Photo-Cropping Algorithm Confirms Inherent Biases
Results from the company's AI bias competition reveals a preference for young, beautiful, and light-skinned faces
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The Future of Supply Chains
Droids, drones, and driverless technologies are fueling a supply chain revolution.
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Charles M. Geschke (1939-2021)
Charles M. Geschke helped create the modern world of computing, where beautiful typography and expressive, artistic graphics are as integral to most users' experience...
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Let the Algorithm Decide?
Algorithms fail their first test to replace student exams.
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Catching the Fakes
Applying neural networks to images helps identify counterfeit goods.
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