Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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The Future of the Internet Is Intelligent Machines
As we know it today, the Internet has been largely about connecting people to information, people to people, and people to business.
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In China, 25 Million People se Only Their Cell Phones to Read Books
On vacation in China earlier this month, I stopped by Shanghai's seven-story downtown "Book City," bustling with activity on a weekday afternoon that, as a publisher...
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Moral Machines
Google's driver-less cars are already street-legal in three states, California, Florida, and Nevada, and some day similar devices may not just be possible but mandatory...
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What Sinofsky's Departure Suggests About the Current State, and Likely Future, of Microsoft
Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, abruptly left the company on November 12, shortly after introducing the latest version of the company's...
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How Far Away Is Mind-Machine Integration?
Okay, great: we can control our phones with speech recognition and our television sets with gesture recognition.
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A Touch Literate World: The Global Tablet Craze
I haven't been shy about expressing my belief that tablets represent the reinvention of the personal computer.
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A Short To-Do List For Intel's Next Ceo
With Paul Otellini heading in May to the nearest 18-hole course, speculation is rampant about who will replace him.
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Why Jakob Nielsen's Windows 8 Critique Is Old-School Thinking
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was once asked what market research went into the creation of the iPad.
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Windows 8—Disappointing sability for Both Novice and Power sers
With the recent launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablets, Microsoft has reversed its user interface strategy.
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Siri Versus Google Voice Search: Fight!
Voice-controlled smartphone searches are slowly becoming all the rage, thanks to tools like Apple's Siri and Google's "enhanced" voice search.
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Clear Need to Define Cyberweapons and Cyberwar
The term cyberwar has become a catch-all used by politicians, talking heads and others to encompass just about any online threat, regardless of the attacker or...
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This Is Your Brain on Neural Implants
You are in the future with technologies more advanced than today's.
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Otellini's Legacy of Intel Profit Marred By Arm Competition
When Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini retires in May, he'll leave a mixed record.
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Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can't Protect S Anymore
You have a secret that can ruin your life.
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Was Petraeus Borked?
In 1987, when Judge Robert Bork was enmeshed in a partisan struggle over his Supreme Court nomination, a reporter for an alternative weekly in Washington, D.C.,...
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Instead of 'dead Dropping,' Petraeus and Broadwell Should Have sed These Email Security Tricks
Having an extramarital affair in 2012 is not an easy task if you’re the chief of the world’s most renowned spy agency.
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Will We Ever nderstand How Our Brains Work?
When it comes to the human brain, many scientists believe that we are incapable of understanding how it works because we lack the tools and intelligence to measure...
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The Greatest Bond Villain of All: Technology
Tech has always played a prominent role in the Bond franchise; it's a key element of the plot formula: Bond opens with a chase scene, the core mission is revealed...
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Data Doesn't Belong to the Democrats
One of the leading narratives of the 2012 campaign is that data trumped all.
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