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Q&A: Researchers Clicked on Ads to Track Misinformation
Researchers at the University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering found that both mainstream and misinformation news sites display...
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'A Very Exciting Time to be at the Helm'
A conversation with U.S. National Science Foundation director Sethuraman Panchanathan.
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Netflix's Reed Hastings Deems Remote Work 'a Pure Negative'
Reed Hastings, a founder and co-chief executive of Netflix Inc., discusses working from home, returning to the office, delivering candid feedback, and more.
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Q&A: Teradata CTO Stephen Brobst
Stephen Brobst, chief technology officer of Teradata., discusses his career path, his time with customers, storing programs on cassette tape, and more.
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Technical Curiosity With a Philosophical Bent
Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer at Microsoft India, talks about life, ethics, the future, and the power of diversity and inclusion.
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Why Did We Go Digital?
Princeton University's Ken Steiglitz feels an attachment to the analog.
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Learning the Language of Data Science
Susan Gregurick, director of the Office of Data Science Strategy at the National Institutes of Health, discusses her views of data science and how data can help...
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If Done Right, AI Could Make Policing Fairer
Stanford's Fei-Fei Li says technology should be developed in an inclusive way that reflects our values.
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Visa Freeze For STEM Workers: 'We're Cutting Off Our Future'
Jim Carrington of the Danforth Plant Science Center says President Trump's freeze on green cards and visas for new immigrants will do more harm than good for cities...
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The Art of AI: An Interview with Kai-Fu Lee
Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures in Beijing, discusses the global AI race, the current state of the field, and what comes next.
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For Online Learning, Business Has Never Been Better
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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The Art of AI
Although popular narratives tend to focus on threats posed by artificial intelligence, many of the technology's dangers have been overhyped, its promises neglected...
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Colin Garvey: A Zen Buddhist Monk's Approach to Democratizing AI
Colin Garvey, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, is preparing a policy report on AI-risk governance for a Washington think tank.
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Interview with Margaret Wright
Margaret H. Wright, a leading figure in numerical analysis for more than 40 years, was awarded the 2010 John von Neumann Prize.
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Can AI Become Conscious?
Yes, but only if it runs on very different hardware, says Christof Koch of Seattle's Allen Institute for Brain Science.
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My Battle with COVID-19
Azer Bestavros, associate provost for computing and data sciences at Boston University, describes the toll his month-long ordeal with the coronavirus took on his...
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Husband and Wife Start Scholarship for International CS Grad Students
Subhachandra Chandra and Nandita Dukkipati discuss the Chandra Family Scholarship, which will go to a first-year international graduate student majoring in computer...
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Professor Leads COVID-19 Test Site Mapping Effort
Big data and artificial intelligence expert Jim Kyung-Soo Liew is spearheading a mapping effort conducted by software engineers and student volunteers from the...
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