Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
Making Computers Smarter--with TikTok Dance Videos
A doctoral student is using TikTok dance videos to build lifelike three-dimensional avatars of people for use in virtual reality environments.
From ACM News
Raising the Voices of the Dead
Experts urge caution in using AI agents to simulate dead people.
From ACM News
Flawed AI Makes Robots Racist, Sexist
New work led by several universities, including Johns Hopkins, shows neural networks built from biased Internet data teach robots to enact toxic stereotypes.
From ACM News
What AI Still Doesn't Know How to Do
Artificial intelligence programs that learn to write and speak can sound almost human—but they can't think creatively like a small child can.
From ACM News
How Companies Subtly Trick Users Online with 'Dark Patterns'
So far this year, there have been multiple lawsuits filed against prominent tech companies for their alleged use of dark patterns to deceive users.
From ACM TechNews
Underwater Glove Puts Octopus' Abilities on the Hand of Humans
Researchers have developed a glove inspired by an octopus for securely gripping objects underwater.
From ACM TechNews
'Retbleed' Speculative Execution Attack Affects AMD, Intel CPUs
The "Retbleed" flaw targets older AMD and Intel central processing units as a channel for Spectre-based speculative-execution attacks.
From ACM TechNews
DNA Typewriter Taps Out a Record Inside Cells
Researchers have developed a DNA typewriter that can encode text in cells.
From ACM TechNews
Cryptomining Capacity in U.S. Rivals Energy Use of Houston
A Congressional probe found seven of the largest U.S. bitcoin mining companies could cumulatively use as much electricity as all the homes in Houston.
From ACM News
Would You Pay $40 a Month to Have Strangers Watch You Work?
People still working remotely are turning to virtual co-working spaces for accountability through a Zoom screen.
From ACM News
Ethereum Merge: How Crypto's Carbon Footprint Is About to Shrink
Ethereum, the second biggest blockchain in the world, is transitioning to proof of stake. That sentence may not make sense to you, but it's a huge deal.
From ACM TechNews
Computer Model Predicts Whether a Pesticide Will Harm Bees
Oregon State University researchers trained a machine learning model to forecast whether new herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides would harm honey bees.
From ACM TechNews
The Webb Space Telescope's Profound Data Challenges
The James Webb Space Telescope's data-collecting operations present a number of challenges, including dependence on a reliable communications subsystem.
From ACM TechNews
Videogame Prescribed by Doctors to Treat ADHD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a computer game to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
From ACM TechNews
A Health Monitoring Wearable That Operates Without a Battery
University of California, Irvine researchers have developed a self-powered, wireless wearable device that can monitor a user's pulse.
From ACM News
In a Post-Roe World, the Future of Digital Privacy Looks Even Grimmer
The sheer amount of tech tools and knowledge required to discreetly seek an abortion underlines how wide open we are to surveillance.
From ACM News
Fred Hutch, Amazon Collaborating on Clinical Trial to Test Vaccines Against Cancer
Neither Amazon or the Seattle-based Fred Hutch organization specified whether the trial was part of a wider collaboration.
From ACM News
Scientists Jack Into Subjects' Brains, Find That They Can Identify Deepfakes Subconsciously
Okay, that's weird.
From ACM News
D-Wave's 500-Qubit Machine Hits the Cloud
Experimental prototype offers sneak peek of 7,000-qubit quantum computer.
From ACM TechNews