From Communications of the ACM
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
Filippo Gualtiero Blancato| March 1, 2024
Back in 2013, when you could still mine bitcoins at home, Wired was sent a small, sleek mining device manufactured by the now-defunct Butterfly Labs.
Wired From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2018
You have probably noticed a flood of emails and alerts from companies in the past few weeks informing you about changes to their privacy policies.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2018
Big technology companies must rethink the way they develop products and services to put ethical considerations in the forefront, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman... From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2018
As automated and autonomous vehicles become more common on U.S. roads, it's worth a look at what these machines can—and can't—do.
The Conversation From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2018
A few years ago, Timothy Bickmore, a computer scientist at Northeastern University, developed an artificial-intelligence program to help low-income patients at...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2018
Google's Duplex voice assistant drew applause last week at the company's annual I/O developer conference after CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated the artificially intelligent...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | May 21, 2018
Over the past five years, artificial intelligence has gone from perennial vaporware to one of the technology industry's brightest hopes.
Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | May 17, 2018
Three years ago, at a conference on transatlantic issues, the subject of artificial intelligence appeared on the agenda. I was on the verge of skipping that session—it...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2018
As the lead statistician at the nonprofit Human Rights Data Analysis Group, Kristian Lum, 33, is trying to make sure the algorithms increasingly controlling our...Bloomberg Businesssweek From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2018
Technology was identified as the true official religion of the modern state more than seventy years ago by the late Christian anarchist philosopher Jacques Ellul...Salon From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2018
For the last few years, police forces around China have invested heavily to build the world's largest video surveillance and facial recognition system, incorporating...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 11, 2018