Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
From ACM Opinion
Security: The Lock and the Key to Blockchain's Future
For blockchain technology to fulfill its full potential, the security standard needs to mature
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The Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
From ACM Opinion
Who Gets to Decide if an AI Is Alive?
We need a Turing Test for consciousness that works for modern AI
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The Troubling Future for Facial Recognition Software
Considering the myriad perspectives of facial recognition technology.
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Bursting a Few Balloons Regarding the Famous DARPA Red Balloon Challenge
A balloon's-eyeperspective on a unique distributed, time-critical, geo-location problem.
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Futures of Digital Governance
Seeking to increase the interoperability among the technical and social sciences toward new forms of governance associated with digital technology.
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Is a Privacy Crisis Experienced, a Privacy Crisis Avoided?
Exploring immersive theatre as a way to educate audiences and study their perceptions of privacy and technology ethics.
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A Call to Action
Digital dreams have become nightmares: What we must do.
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Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
From ACM Opinion
China's 5G Soars over America's
In some U.S. cities, 5G is slower than the old 4G system; Washington must make it a priority
From ACM Opinion
The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties
The search for a crypto use case continues
From ACM Opinion
The Race to Save the Internet from Quantum Hackers
The quantum computer revolution could break encryption, but more-secure algorithms can safeguard privacy
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I Unplugged What?
The lessons here are broader than just a simple "Don't do that."
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A Brave New World of Mediated Online Discourse
Is artificial intelligence up to the task of managing online discourse in social networks?
From ACM Opinion
AWS Is Too Big to Fail
Quite simply, AWS is too big and has too many customers for the good of society
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Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
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The Growing Cost of Deep Learning for Source Code
Attempting to mitigate problems associated with the trend toward massive dataset scaling.
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The Long Road Ahead to Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Anticipating the output of the competition for new cryptographic algorithms.
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