Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Why Facebook Can't Match Ravelry, the Social Network For Knitters
The best social network you've (probably) never heard of is one-five-hundredth the size of Facebook. It has no video chat feature, it doesn't let you check in...
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The Race to Zero: Speech By Andrew Haldane
In a speech at the International Economic Association 16th World Congress in Beijing, Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability and member of...
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Former CIA Director: Build a New Internet to Improve Cybersecurity
The United States may seriously want to consider creating a new Internet infrastructure to reduce the threat of cyberattacks, said Michael Hayden, President George...
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A Gold Standard in Cyber-Defense
The history of Internet security is both worrisome and instructive. When the first virus — the "Morris worm"—was launched in 1988, the Internet was a closed system...
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Should the Government Need a Search Warrant to Track Your Car with Gps?
The Supreme Court ended its term with a high-profile ruling that violent video games are protected by the First Amendment, but a bigger technology decision could...
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The Tragic Decline of Blackberry
Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the venerable BlackBerry devices, will always be remembered as the company that liberated corporate email from the PC. In...
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Doing the Math on News Corp.'s Disastrous Myspace Years
Once upon a time, MySpace was the king and pioneer of social networking. When Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. bought the company for $580 million, it looked like...
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Why Gadgets Flop
According to the old saying, you learn more from a failure than a success. Well, if that's the case, the consumer electronics industry ought to have a master's...
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Protect Your Computer and Phone from Illegal Police Searches
Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal information about you and your family. Can police officers enter your...
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Why Lulzsec Had No Choice but to Disband
After just 50 days, the group said it was ceasing individual operations. Why, when you might have thought things were going so well?
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Supporting Choice, Ensuring Economic Opportunity
At Google, we’ve always focused on putting the user first. We aim to provide relevant answers as quickly as possible—and our product innovation and engineering...
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Big Win For the Losers at D-Wave
Does D-Wave's first big sale disprove the quantum computing naysayers?
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Eff and Bitcoin
For several months, EFF has been following the movement around Bitcoin, an electronic payment system that touts itself as "the first decentralized digital currency...
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Non-Myths About Programming
Viewing computer science in a broader context to dispel common misperceptions and provide more accurate guidance to students who are...
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The Status of Women of Color in Computer Science
Addressing the challenges of increasing the number of women of color in computing and ensuring their success.
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Too Many Copyrights?
Reinstituting formalities — notice of copyright claims and registration requirements — could help address problems related to too many copyrights that last for...
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Values in Design
Focusing on socio-technical design with values as a critical component in the design process.
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Driving Power in Global Supply Chains
Supply chains are increasingly global. We pour energy into managing them efficiently, with their risks and rewards...
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