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Automatic Language Translation Still Unsatisfactory
Google Translate and DeepL Translate still have trouble recognizing the second person singular and plural and the polite form…
From BLOG@CACM
Cybersecurity Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs
Preventing unauthorized access or misuse of confidential data.
From BLOG@CACM
The Urgency of the Technological, Geopolitical, and Sustainability Races
The HiPEAC Vision 2023.
From BLOG@CACM
Why Data Security Is An Issue For Business Phone Systems In 2023
A discussion of the most common phone scams, how they work, and how to protect yourself from them.
From BLOG@CACM
AI's Jurassic Park Moment
New systems like chatGPT are enormously entertaining, and even mind-boggling, but also unreliable, and potentially dangerous.
From BLOG@CACM
Why Is It Hard to Define Data Science?
Data science can be described as a science, as a research paradigm, as a research method, as a discipline, as a workflow, and as a profession.
From BLOG@CACM
Starlink's Critical Vulnerability, or Elon Musk is Not Worrying in Vain
We analyze the operations of the Starlink Global Satellite System deployed by SpaceX, in terms of its security and resilience.
From BLOG@CACM
Fair AI Practices
A new technology, broadly deployed, raises profound questions about its impact on American society.
From BLOG@CACM
A Challenge of Membership
How can we solve ACM membership fee payment problems for Russians and Belarussians?
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Musk Buying Twitter Is Not About Freedom of Speech
It's about freedom to control speech.
From BLOG@CACM
Superhero Secret Identities Aren't Possible with Today's Computing Technologies
In comic books, most superheroes have a secret identity, usually to protect their friends and family from retribution. However, today’s computer technology would...
From BLOG@CACM
Software Stories: Legal Trouble
Legal troubles represent another collection of potential pitfalls where developers often find themselves unprepared.
From BLOG@CACM
Safe AI in Education Needs You
Artificial intelligence is coming to your learners and will raise challenging issues that need experts like you. Learn how you can get involved in AI and Educational...
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What Should be Done About Facebook?
The recent release of the Facebook papers by a whistleblower has confirmed that leaders at the company have long known about problems facilitated by their social...
From BLOG@CACM
Patent Protection in Europe
Up to the second half of the 19th century —with the exception of the industrial power Great Britain—the protection of inventions was inadequate and strongly disputed...
From BLOG@CACM
Competitions, Not Confrontation
The ACM as an organizer of international cooperation.
From BLOG@CACM
Auditing AI and Autonomous Systems; Building an Infrastructure of Trust
How do we build trust? How can we systematically assure trust in our systems? How would auditing AI and autonomous systems contribute to this goal? Explaining...
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From Solar Sunrise to SolarWinds
The hack of critical departments of the U.S. government—and of many leading corporations—should come as no surprise.
From BLOG@CACM
Closing the 'Trust Gap' in Contact Tracing/Exposure Notification Technology
The digitization of contact tracing presents an array of challenges.
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