Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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An Emergent Legal Right to Repair Electronic Devices
Parsing the fine print on repair tolerances.
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These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For
Considering copyright licensing issues involving non-fungible tokens to manage creative works.
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Recent Dip in Chip Demand Will Not Doom CHIPS-Plus Act
However, critics still have plenty of reasons to be skeptical about the subsidies.
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The U.S. Needs Its Own Chips
Regardless of what happens between Taiwan and China, the U.S. needs to be prepared.
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Virtual Reality Stinks Because It Does Not Smell
For VR to feel truly immersive, it needs to start stinking it up.
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The CHIPS Act Will Not Solve the Chip Shortage
The U.S. is betting billions to spur semiconductor manufacturing.
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AI Researchers Building Surveillance Tech and Deep Fakes Resist Ethical Concerns
The computer vision research community is behind on AI ethics, but it is not just a research problem.
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The Latin of Software Code Is Thriving
Next time you laugh at musty old tech, remember that new technologies are often built on it.
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Semiconductor Dependency Imperils American Security
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is only the first step in preventing Chinese dominance.
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Apple's Challenge to Virtualization Software
Is it okay for security researchers to virtualize software to look for vulnerabilities?
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Why Robots Need to See
Cameras and vision-based perception will increasingly serve as the technological underpinning for mobile robots going forward.
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Democracy Deserves Better Algorithms
Big Tech could deploy any number of solutions to slow the spread of disinformation, with the most promising being to fix the algorithms.
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The Problem with Blaming Robots for Taking Our Jobs
For decades, the effects of automation have been fiercely debated. Are we missing the bigger picture?
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Two Paths for Digital Disability Law
Understanding the legal drivers of efforts to make technology accessible.
From ACM Opinion
Can AI Improve Road Safety Now?
Well before self-driving cars become a reality, there are simpler approaches that can make roads much safer.
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Quantum Computing Has a Hype Problem
Quantum computing startups are all the rage, but it is unclear if they will be able to produce anything of use in the near future.
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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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Futures of Digital Governance
Seeking to increase the interoperability among the technical and social sciences toward new forms of governance associated with digital technology.
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