Communications of the ACM
Generative AI Degrades Online Communities
How large language models are influencing online communities.
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How Apple's Embrace of the New sb Points to World Without Wires
Ready or not, Apple's new MacBook is cutting the computing industry's cables.
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The 12 Tech Nuisances That Annoy s Most
You know those days when your phone battery doesn't even make it to dinner?
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If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know?
Let me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you're reading. Maybe you're right. Maybe not.
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Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
Three years ago, technology was going to transform higher education. What happened?
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Year Zero: Our Life Timelines Begin
In 10 years, every human connected to the Internet will have a timeline.
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How to Restore Trust in American Technology
Last November in the town of Wuzhen, China hosted its first large international summit on Internet governance and cybersecurity.
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Are Your Devices Hardwired For Betrayal?
It's an interesting time to be a computer security researcher.
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After Net Neutrality Vote, an ncertain Future For the Internet
Thursday, during a rancorous meeting of the Federal Communications Commission, the agencyvoted 3-2 to impose public utility regulations on Internet access providers...
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The World Loves the Smartphone. So How About a Smart Home?
My coffee maker is texting me again. It's scheduled to make coffee tomorrow, the message says, but I need to refill its water tank.
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Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality
Today, the Federal Communications Commission, by a vote of three to two, enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality, preserving an open Internet by prohibiting...
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Invasion of the Friendly Movie Robots
Robots are becoming more of a reality in everyday life, and movies have started to overhaul their depiction of them. They're gentler, friendlier, and often better...
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Surveillance-Based Manipulation: How Facebook or Google Could Tilt Elections
Someone who knows things about us has some measure of control over us, and someone who knows everything about us has a lot of control over us.
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Why Digital Natives Prefer Reading in Print. Yes, You Read That Right.
Frank Schembari loves books—printed books.
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Outing A.I.: Beyond the Turing Test
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is having a moment, albeit one marked by crucial ambiguities.
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A Plunge and Squish View of the Mind
How can we bring our knowledge to bear on a problem?
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A Technician Shortage
In our elation about rising CS enrollments, we are overlooking a growing shortage of computing technicians. Our education system is not responding to this need.
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