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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VR Headset on ISS 'Really Makes a Difference' for Astronaut Exercise
Astronauts on the International Space Station can experience cycling routes on Earth with the help of a VR headset and a new exercise bike.
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What's That Smell?
Digital scent technologies bring aromas to virtual reality.
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Study Finds Seniors Benefit from Virtual Reality
A study of virtual reality involving 245 participants aged between 65 and 103 found generally positive effects.
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Attacks in the Metaverse Are Booming. Police Start to Pay Attention
Law enforcement is paying closer attention to reports of attacks, harassment, and sexual assault in virtual environments.
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Teaching Transformed
The apparent ability of LLMs to write functioning source code has caused celebration over the potential for massive increases in programmer productivity and consternation...
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Virtual Reality as Therapy
Leveraging precisely designed alternate realities as therapeutic tools.
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Unfinished Video Games Are Turning into Hits
Video game developers are benefiting from early access periods.
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AI-Assisted Piano Allows Disabled Musicians to Perform Beethoven
The AI-assisted "Anybody's Piano" tracks notes of music and augments a player's performance by adding whatever keystrokes are needed but not pressed.
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Epigenomics Now
Computer power helps biologists track the regulation of genetic information.
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Why Are Lawyers Afraid of AI?
Generative artificial intelligence and the law: there is no turning back.
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Vera Molnár, Pioneer of Computer Art, Dies at 99
Vera Molnár, a Hungarian-born artist who has been called the godmother of generative art for her pioneering digital work, died Dec. 7 in Paris at age 99.
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Resurrecting Vincent van Gogh
At the Musée D’Orsay in Paris, a replica of Vincent van Gogh chats with visitors, offering insights into his life and death.
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Jury Finds Google's App Store Broke Anti-Monopoly Laws
In a landmark decision, Epic Games won its lawsuit against the search giant.
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Kids with Disabilities Are Gamers, Too
Students developed prototype assistive technologies that could enable children with cerebral palsy to play video games.
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AIrtist: Co-creativity and Computer-Human Collaboration in the Arts
Far from being threatened by artificial intelligence, many creative practitioners are already embracing it—with some novel and unexpected results.
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The Beatles' New Song 'Now and Then' Used AI to Lift Out John Lennon's Voice
Technology has come a long way since the last time Paul McCartney released new Beatles tracks.
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Bilingual Game App Aims to Stave Off Dementia
A multilingual app developed by researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design aims to use gamification to help ward off dementia in older adults...
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Scientists Simulate Ant Warfare Using Age of Empires Computer Game
Scientists used the computer game "Age of Empires" to simulate ant ‘warfare’, in efforts to eradicate an invasive ant species.
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Biomedical Digital Twins
Considering the transformative possibilities of simulated models of biological phenomena and systems at multiple scales.
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