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'In Situ' Data Rights
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'In Situ' Data Rights

Improving on data portability.

An Insider's View of 'Algorithmic Warfare'
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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.

AI Needs to Prevent Cyberattacks, Not Just Detect Them
From ACM Opinion

AI Needs to Prevent Cyberattacks, Not Just Detect Them

AI should be enabling faster, automated, more ubiquitous prevention of cyberattacks

Let Crypto Regulate Itself
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Let Crypto Regulate Itself

What's needed is a self-regulatory organization for digital assets to promote ethical trading and governance

The Turing Test Is Bad for Business
From ACM Opinion

The Turing Test Is Bad for Business

Technology should focus on the complementarity game, not the imitation game

Teens and Social Media: The Question We're Not Asking
From ACM Opinion

Teens and Social Media: The Question We're Not Asking

Should they be using these services at all?

'Yeah, We're Spooked', Says Expert about AI's Potential Impact
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'Yeah, We're Spooked', Says Expert about AI's Potential Impact

Professor Stuart Russell says field of AI needs to grow up quickly to ensure humans remain in control

Why We Forgive Humans More Readily Than Machines
From ACM Opinion

Why We Forgive Humans More Readily Than Machines

When things go wrong, flexible moral intuitions cause us to judge computers more severely

Social Media Cos. Help African Governments Abuse 'Disinformation Laws'
From ACM Opinion

Social Media Cos. Help African Governments Abuse 'Disinformation Laws'

Social media platforms alternate between ignoring disinformation and launching broad crackdowns on user speech

Complexity Is Killing Software Developers
From ACM Opinion

Complexity Is Killing Software Developers

How to regain control, without losing out on the best these technologies have to offer

The Metaverse Is Simply Big Tech, but Bigger
From ACM Opinion

The Metaverse Is Simply Big Tech, but Bigger

It's a rebrand of Silicon Valley's increasing power and reach, and it's made for companies, not people

Strong AI Requires Autonomous Building of Composable Models
From ACM Opinion

Strong AI Requires Autonomous Building of Composable Models

Models built by AI must encode the fundamental patterns of experience

Who Is Writing Our Digital Future, and Why It Matters?
From ACM Opinion

Who Is Writing Our Digital Future, and Why It Matters?

The world is not built for everybody—we must make sure every voice is heard and every body seen

Avoiding AI's Bad Reputation
From ACM Opinion

Avoiding AI's Bad Reputation

AI-based advertising models 'give tech a bad name,' says Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost

Where Computing Might Go Next
From ACM Opinion

Where Computing Might Go Next

The future of computing depends in part on how we reckon with its past

Wall Street Doesn't Care about the Facebook Leaks, but Mark Zuckerberg Does
From ACM Opinion

Wall Street Doesn't Care about the Facebook Leaks, but Mark Zuckerberg Does

Facebook's numbers are doing fine for now, but not its reputation

How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World
From ACM Opinion

How to Expand and Improve CS Education Around the World

Six recommendations to take CS education to scale at primary and secondary school levels

How AI Is Reinventing What Computers Are
From ACM Opinion

How AI Is Reinventing What Computers Are

Three key ways artificial intelligence is changing what it means to compute

We Are Not Users
From Communications of the ACM

We Are Not Users: Gaining Control Over New Technologies

Seeking a more selective approach to technology usage.

Shaping Ethical Computing Cultures
From Communications of the ACM

Shaping Ethical Computing Cultures

Lessons from the recent past.
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