When Google Translate converts news articles written in Spanish into English, phrases referring to women often become "he said" or "he wrote."
Nature From ACM Opinion | July 23, 2018
Computers' amazing abilities to entertain people, help them work, and even respond to voice commands are, at their heart, the results of decades of technological...The Conversation From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2018
They perch on poles and glare from streetlamps. Some hang barely visible in the ceiling of the subway, and others seem to stretch out on braced necks and peer into...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2018
Smartphones were once the best thing to happen to the tech industry—and for a while, it seemed, to all of us, too.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 12, 2018
Five years ago, 25-year-old radical libertarian Cody Wilson stood on a remote central Texas gun range and pulled the trigger on the world's first fully 3-D-printed...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 11, 2018
There was much celebrating in America last month when the US Department of Energy unveiled Summit, the world's fastest supercomputer. Now the race is on to achieve...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | July 11, 2018
When journalists arrived in Singapore for the historic summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month, security experts were alarmed...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | July 9, 2018
China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival the United States, even if President Trump starts a trade war to stop it.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 5, 2018
As must have been the case with the first glimmers of electric lights in the 19th century, video assistant referees benefited from an initial "Wow! The technology...The Associated Press From ACM Opinion | June 26, 2018
Most of the suggested benefits of blockchain technologies do not come from elements unique to the blockchain.
Hanna Halaburda From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2018
Sixty-two years ago this summer, Dartmouth professor John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence. Joi Ito, director of MIT's Media Lab, has come to think...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 22, 2018
Ask finance ministers and central bankers around the world about their worst nightmare and the answer is almost always the same: Sometime soon the North Koreans...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 20, 2018
Let me say this upfront: I'm not convinced that 'superintelligent' AI are the most pressing threat from coming generations of deep learning machines.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | June 18, 2018
A Russian sports official earlier this year estimated that as many as 2 million people would flock to the country during the World Cup, the month-long celebration...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2018