acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

News


bg-corner

An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars
From ACM News

How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars

Liquid neural networks represent a significant departure from traditional deep learning models.

New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
From ACM News

New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.

Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says
From ACM News

Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says

Want to chat with Abraham Lincoln? Facebook owner Meta is an artificial intelligence leader, but rivals with advanced chatbots already are abundant.

Gigantic Telescope Adopts Intelligent Maintenance Robots
From ACM TechNews

Gigantic Telescope Adopts Intelligent Maintenance Robots

Five "intelligent" robot systems and platforms have been cleared by authorities to maintain China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)...

Why Meta is Giving Away its Extremely Powerful AI Model
From ACM News

Why Meta is Giving Away its Extremely Powerful AI Model

The AI debate splitting the tech world, explained.

The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
From ACM News

The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here

The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.

U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
From ACM News

U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations

American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during...

Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic
From ACM TechNews

Using Cameras on Transit Buses to Monitor Traffic

Ohio State University researchers monitored traffic using cameras already installed on the Campus Area Bus Service's transit buses.

That's Funny—but AI Models Don't Get the Joke
From ACM TechNews

That's Funny—but AI Models Don't Get the Joke

A multi-institutional team of scientists tested artificial intelligence models' ability to understand humor.

At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift
From ACM TechNews

At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift

The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.

Stretchy Integrated Electronics May Be Possible with Sandwiched Semiconductor
From ACM TechNews

Stretchy Integrated Electronics May Be Possible with Sandwiched Semiconductor

An international research team engineered a sandwiched semiconductor to provide elasticity to integrated electronics.

Researchers Demonstrate 'Unconditionally Secure' Quantum Digital Payments
From ACM News

Researchers Demonstrate 'Unconditionally Secure' Quantum Digital Payments

The research represents a possible breakthrough in quantum communications and, potentially, the onset of the era of quantum fintech.

Concerns Grow about MFA Bypass Attacks
From ACM News

Concerns Grow about MFA Bypass Attacks

Cybercriminals increasingly are using specially crafted attacks to bypass Multi-Factor authentication.

Cleaning Up with TidyBot
From ACM TechNews

Cleaning Up with TidyBot

A multi-institutional team of engineers mated a mobile robotic arm to a vision model and a large language model to create the TidyBot cleaning robot.

How Hacking Honeybees Brings AI Closer to the Hive
From ACM TechNews

How Hacking Honeybees Brings AI Closer to the Hive

Computer scientists have developed a new form of decision-making machine intelligence by analyzing the brains of honeybees.

'A Certain Danger Lurks There': How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI
From ACM News

'A Certain Danger Lurks There': How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans...

The ESRB Wants to Start Using Facial Scanning Technology to Check People's Ages
From ACM News

The ESRB Wants to Start Using Facial Scanning Technology to Check People's Ages

The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.

Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test
From ACM TechNews

Teachers Put AI Tutoring Bots to the Test

Three public schools in Newark, NJ, are testing an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted teaching aid from education nonprofit Khan Academy.

The Carbon Footprint of Artificial Intelligence
From Communications of the ACM

The Carbon Footprint of Artificial Intelligence

Looking for ways to cut the release of greenhouse gases attributable to AI use, at a time that usage is very likely to grow.

A New Chemistry
From ACM News

A New Chemistry

Oxygen-ion batteries power forward.
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account