Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Informatics: Make Sense of Health Data
If you are wondering whether exposure to some chemical could increase your chances of getting colon cancer, you could easily find supportive evidence from animal...
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Apple's Deep Learning Curve
In the world of artificial intelligence, one of the year's biggest coming-out parties is the Neural Information Processing Systems conference.
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When Technologies Manipulate Our Emotions
Implications of the Facebook emotions study.
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Programming in K-12 Science Classrooms
Introducing students to visual programming as a pathway to text-based programming.
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Electronic Health Records and Patient Safety
Examining the effects of electronic health records on the safety of patients in medical facilities.
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Software Patents Are Falling Down
Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's new test for patentable subject matter.
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China's Xiaomi's Is Changing the .s. Too
Xiaomi is the most important phone manufacturer you've never heard of.
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What Celebrities Can Teach Companies About Social Media
Let's face it: Corporate America's social presence could use a celebrity makeover.
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Why Companies Won't Learn From the T-Mobile/experian Hack
Last Thursday, John Legere, the C.E.O. of T-Mobile, joined the ranks of the dozens of chief executives who, in the past few years, have had to inform their customers...
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Rise of Concerns About AI: Reflections and Directions
Research, leadership, and communication about AI futures.
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In Defense of IBM
The ability to adjust to various technical and business disruptions has been essential to IBM's success during the past century.
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Keys Under Doormats
Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications.
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Why Europe Isn't Creating Any Googles or Facebooks
Micha Benoliel grew up in France and launched his first technology startup there, but he never forgot the atmosphere of adventure and optimism in San Francisco,...
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Big Tech Has Become Way Too Powerful
Conservatives and liberals interminably debate the merits of "the free market" versus "the government."
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