Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Courts Must Stop Social Media Cos. from Co-opting the First Amendment
Federal appeals courts should strike down Florida and Texas laws but reject social media companies' broader arguments
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It's Too Late for Meta to Win over Washington
Lawmakers are not interested in the company's proposed concessions
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The Urgency of the Moment for Congress on AI and National Security
Congressional oversight of the intelligence community is critical to keeping pace with adversaries and gleaning accurate insights
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Facebook's Missteps Should Be a Lesson for Web3
The new crop of technologists building Web3 can still learn a lot from Open Graph's problems
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An AWS Inconvenience
The company's recent outage took down Adele, Netflix, Tinder, and more, but it could've been worse
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China Will Soon Lead the U.S. in Tech
Beijing pulls ahead in 5G and artificial intelligence, while catching up in semiconductors
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Truly Ethical AI Needs Research to Be Independent from Big Tech
Curb the power of Silicon Valley and protect those who speak up about the harms of AI
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Why We Must Rethink AI Benchmarks
While helpful in comparing AI performance, benchmarks are often taken out of context, sometimes to harmful results
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Securing Kubernetes Environments
Lack of resources is a massive blocker, so IT leaders need to prioritize
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Four AI Trends for 2022
Look for improvements to neural networks, strategic ethics, hiring practices, and even gastronomy
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Why You Should Care about Meta's Push into the Metaverse
The futuristic tech Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions in could remake the Internet
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Keeping AI in Healthcare in Check
Experts discuss the need to prevent AI bias in healthcare
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The U.S. Needs a Department of Tech and Science Policy
Two former NIH directors call for a cabinet-level department to formulate science policy, oversee tech development
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No, We Don't Have Living, Reproducing Robots
Kinematic self-replication is interesting research, but it isn't reproduction or replication
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Be Wary of Trusting Algorithms in Volatile Markets
IT leaders can prevent disaster by understanding and articulating the risks of relying on increasingly complex algorithms
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The Inherent Limitations of GPT-3
Why GPT-3 as is will not cost many people their jobs or soon lead to AGI
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Stop the Blame Game to Achieve Research Integrity
Helping every scientist to improve is more effective than ferreting out a few frauds
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AI Reality Check
The limitations in getting machines to understand a world they don't live in
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How to Fix Facebook
Twelve leading experts share bold solutions to the company's urgent problems
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