Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Eff Backs Yahoo! to Protect ser from Warrantless Email Search
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with Google and numerous other public interest organizations and Internet industry associations joined with Yahoo...
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Rethinking a Gospel of the Web
For about a decade now, ever since it became clear that the jungle of the World Wide Web would triumph over the walled gardens of CompuServe, AOL and MSN, a general...
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The Idiocy of Text-Message Adultery
"How did you fool so many people for so long?" a reporter asked Tiger Woods at his press conference Monday. Woods replied: "I fooled myself." And how. Woods was...
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Not Creating Content. Just Protecting It.
Should we be surprised that the biggest fight over freedom of expression in years involves Google, a company that produces algorithms rather than articles? Probably...
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When Network Neutrality Met Privacy
Incorporating the consideration of privacy into the ongoing debate concerning network neutrality.
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Cloud Computing and SaaS as New Computing Platforms
To become an industry platform, vendors must open their infrastructure technology to other product companies.
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Reflections on the decline of mathematical tables.
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Development 2.0: The IT-Enabled Transformation of International Development
The fundamental assumptions of international development are changing, increasingly putting the tools for a digital economy into the hands of the world's poor. ...
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Does the .s. Census Need a 21st-Century Makeover?
The Internet Age is upon us. But rather than circulating online, the 23rd Decennial Census stuck with the tried-and-true, and flooded the U.S. Postal Service March...
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Is Motion Control Patent a Powder Keg For Mobile?
Here's a potentially noteworthy development in the patent litigation-riddled mobile device market. The patent is No. 7,679,604, "Method and apparatus for controlling...
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Interview: Sergey Brin on Google
China's censorship of the Internet may be blunt, but Google has found negotiations with the Chinese government in recent weeks to be subtle and uncertain. That...
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Current E-Waste Policies Not Working
E-waste created from discarded personal computers is a fast growing source of environmental damage, threatening the health of populations in developing nations....
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Four Consequences of Google's China Exit
In a defiant move, Google has officially shut down its Chinese search site. In many ways the company's exit is unprecedented and gives rise to a myriad of consequences...
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A New Approach to China: An Update
Earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected...
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The Fcc's Visible Hand
By the Federal Communications Commission's own account, broadband use in the United States has exploded over the past decade: "Fueled primarily by private sector...
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Broadbandits
Most of the buildings in Dupree, S.D., population 434, do not have street addresses. The volunteer fire department is listed at P.O. Box 461, and you have to dial...
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To Stop Crime, Share Your Genes
Perhaps the only thing more surprising than President Obama’s decision to give an interview for "America’s Most Wanted" last weekend was his apparent agreement...
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Why Congress Should Pass the Startup Visa Bill
Those in Silicon Valley looking to have a bigger impact on the policymaking machinery of Washington, D.C., should take a close look at the genesis of the legislation...
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Braking Bad
The Obama administration has said that it may require automakers to install “smart pedals” on all new cars. This kind of system—already used in BMWs, Chryslers...
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