Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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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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Keeping AI in Healthcare in Check
Experts discuss the need to prevent AI bias in healthcare
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Computational Thinking for Professionals
Professionals practice a form of computational thinking that is significantly more advanced than popular descriptions suggest.
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An Insider's View of 'Algorithmic Warfare'
Artificial intelligence will change the nature of war, says a former U.S. deputy secretary of defense.
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AI Needs to Prevent Cyberattacks, Not Just Detect Them
AI should be enabling faster, automated, more ubiquitous prevention of cyberattacks
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AI and the Intelligence Community: The Tangled Web of Budget and Acquisition
The intelligence community still faces basic hurdles as it moves to transition and integrate AI at speed and scale
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Social Media Cos. Help African Governments Abuse 'Disinformation Laws'
Social media platforms alternate between ignoring disinformation and launching broad crackdowns on user speech
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Medical Artificial Intelligence: The European Legal Perspective
Although the European Commission proposed new legislation for the use of "high-risk artificial intelligence" earlier this year, the existing European fundamental...
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Explicative Programming
Making Computational Thinking relevant to schools.
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Text and Data Mining of In-Copyright Works: Is It Legal?
How copyright law might be an impediment to text and data mining research.
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Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Events Before They Occur
AI-enabled platforms are expected to offer strategic warning of adversarial actions prior to any irreversible moves having been made
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The FDA Should Better Regulate Medical Algorithms
Most do not require the agency's approval, and those that do often don't require clinical trial
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Instagram Isn't the Only Social Media That's Hurting Girls
Researchers and reporters have been documenting social media's harmful effects on kids prior to whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony
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The DOJ Wants Companies to Admit Their Cybersecurity Problems
Agency plans to use Civil War-era "Lincoln Law" to enforce cybersecurity disclosure
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The Challenges of Regulating Cryptocurrency
The S.E.C. has yet to set clear rules on cryptocurrencies, leaving the industry guessing. Maybe that's how the agency wants it.
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Facebook Can't Be Saved
Whistleblower Frances Haugen told senators that Facebook shouldn't be broken up, but its problems are a direct consequence of its size.
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It's Time to Stop Paying for a VPN
Many services meant to protect your Web browsing can no longer be trusted
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America Is Being Held for Ransom, and It Needs to Fight Back
A comprehensive anti-ransomware strategy must make it tougher for criminal groups and their sponsors to carry out attacks
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