Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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We Need a 911 for the Metaverse
Citizens of the metaverse deserve an industrywide standard for reporting abuse and harassment.
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How Compute and the Climate Go Hand-in-Hand
Data is critical to the success of all climate tech projects, whether to drive development or improve efficiency.
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Fixing AI's Bias Issues Requires More Than a 'Human in the Loop'
Organizations must account for the biases of their own workers to be able to combat AI blunders.
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Recognize Science's Unsung Global Pioneers to Alter Its Future
Modern science wasn't invented in Europe but came about as part of a global exchange.
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Congress's Antitrust Bills Have a Problem: The Happy Customer
Politicians must walk a fine line as they try to rein in Big Tech's self-preferencing tactics.
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Why You Haven't Heard about the Secret Cyberwar in Ukraine
Cyberwar has come, but the digital confrontation is playing out in the shadows.
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Communications' Digital Initiative and Its First Digital Event
How AI and science are shaping each other.
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Russia Is Risking the Creation of an Irreversible 'Splinternet'
If Russia disconnects—or is booted—from the Internet's governing bodies, the Internet may never be the same.
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Deepfake Luke Skywalker Should Scare Us
The power to create convincing deepfake icons could destabilize society
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Encourage Women in Tech to Protect against AI Bias
Need to ensure tech accurately reflects the structure of society
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Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
What would it take for artificial intelligence to make real progress?
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Meta's Yann LeCun on His Vision for Human-level AI
Rather than try to replace natural intelligence, create AI that is compatible with human intelligence
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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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Silicon Valley Enabled Russian State Propaganda, and Now It's Too Late
Facebook and YouTube could have limited the reach of RT and Sputnik years ago, but they didn't
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Europe Is in Danger of Using the Wrong Definition of AI
Some intelligent systems are at risk of being excluded from oversight in the EU's proposed legislation
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Why You Can't Rebuild Wikipedia with Crypto
Software engineer and Wikipedia editor talks about her Web3 skepticism
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The Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
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Intelligence and Comprehension
What does it mean to say a computer model 'understands'?
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Web3 Threatens to Segregate Our Online Lives
Governance tokens may seem like a way to moderate content, but they only give the appearance of democracy.
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