Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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Technology Is Making It Harder to Be a Moral Person
Are digital distractions such as social media and smartphones making us less ethical?
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What I Learned Surrendering My Life to Algorithms
What happens when someone leaves daily choices about music, food, wardrobe, and more up to online algorithms for a week
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Taxing Digital Advertising Could Help Break Up Big Tech
A novel approach to rein in the largest technology companies, encourage competition and innovation, and help democracy
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Reimplementing Software Interfaces Is Fair Use
A multifactored rationale for denying Oracle's claim against Google.
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Should Alexa Read Our Moods?
Companies should be barred from analyzing what people say and how they sound to recommend products or personalize advertising messages.
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Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics
In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
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Understanding Law and the Rule of Law: A Plea to Augment CS Curricula
Why law matters for computer scientists and other folk.
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The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act §230 amid an evolving online environment.
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Content Moderation Modulation
Deliberating on how to regulate—or not regulate—online speech in the era of evolving social media.
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Silicon Politics
Tracing the widening path between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
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Copyright's Online Service Providers Safe Harbors Under Siege
Reviewing the most significant changes recommended in the recently released U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study.
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AI Ruined Chess. Now, It's Making the Game Beautiful Again
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik teamed up with AI researchers at Alphabet's DeepMind lab to test game variants that can jolt chess players into creative...
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Autonomous Vehicle Safety: Lessons from Aviation
How more than 25years of experience with aviation safety-critical systems can be applied to autonomous vehicle systems.
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A Recent Renaissance in Privacy Law
Considering the recent increased attention to privacy law issues amid the typically slow pace of legal change.
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AI Authorship?
Considering the role of humans in copyright protection of outputs produced by artificial intelligence.
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How to Curtail Oversensing in the Home
Limiting sensitive information leakage via smart-home sensor data.
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What Role for Antitrust in Regulating Platforms?
Using regulation to protect competition and innovation.
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Secure Development Tools and Techniques Need More Research That Will Increase Their Impact and Effectiveness in Practice
Secure development is an important and pressing problem.
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