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BLOG@CACM Aug 21 2023

Duped No More: Navigating the Maze of Social Engineering Schemes

The best way to guard against becoming a target of social engineering is to familiarize yourself with the strategies, psychological hooks, and technological means that attackers employ.

Alex Vakulov

BLOG@CACM Aug 20 2023

Machine Learning: The Road to Artificial Intelligence?

Machine learning, as it is practiced, has little, if anything to do with AI and the more encompassing endeavor that we call Cognitive Science.

Walid S. Saba

Northeastern University Senior Research Scientist Walid Saba

BLOG@CACM Aug 7 2023

Federated Learning: How Private Is It Really?

Just when it looks like Federated Learning is able to keep local data private, out comes a study to deflate us.

Saurabh Bagchi and Arash Nourian

BLOG@CACM Aug 7 2023

ChatGPT in Computer Science Education: Freshmen’s Perceptions

Exploring freshmen's conceptions of the impact of ChatGPT on computer science education.

Orit Hazzan and Yael Erez

News Aug 3 2023

Giving Users More than They Can Handle

Are Microsoft's artificial intelligence files creating security issues for customers?

David Geer

News Aug 1 2023

Measuring AI Creativity

Quantifying artificial intelligence's capacity for creativity requires an understanding of what creativity is.

Sandrine Ceurstemont

News Aug 1 2023

3D Modeling Draws on AI

Artificial intelligence can unlock speed and quality improvements in three-dimensional graphics.

Samuel Greengard

Opinion Aug 1 2023

The Human Touch

There is no substitute for good, direct, honest training.

George V. Neville-Neil

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Opinion Aug 1 2023

For a More Transparent Governance of Open Source

Seeking the best governance models for FOSS projects.

Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo and Jordi Cabot

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BLOG@CACM Jul 30 2023

Stop Judging AI Using Human Exams

Computer scientists should inform the public that human tests are not a valid way to judge the quality of an AI model, nor a good way to compare AI models to human experts. Computer scientists should stop using human tests to measure AI.

Jeremy Roschelle

BLOG@CACM Jul 29 2023

Bigger than a Blackbox

When we ask how deep learning works, are we asking which node represents the answer to "animal, vegetable, or mineral?"

Robin K. Hill

News Jul 27 2023

Concerns Grow about MFA Bypass Attacks

Cybercriminals increasingly are using specially crafted attacks to bypass Multi-Factor authentication.

David Geer

A representation of multi-factor authentication.

BLOG@CACM Jul 17 2023

Is Bard Better than ChatGPT?

A test should show whether Bard is more powerful than ChattGPT or AI-powered Microsoft Bing.

Herbert Bruderer

News Jul 13 2023

Automated Evolution Tackles Tough Tasks

Reinforcement learning groups unlabeled data into sets of likes, with the goal of maximizing the cumulative rewards it receives from a human-wrought evaluation function.

R. Colin Johnson

News Jul 11 2023

Buddying Up to AI

Artificial Intelligence-based companions and chatbots allow people to form deep connections through long-term interactions.

Sandrine Ceurstemont

Opinion Jul 1 2023

Lost in Afghanistan: Can the World Take ICT4D Seriously?

Seeking to maximize the value of information and communication technologies for development research.

Tariq Zaman

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Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

Data Science–A Systematic Treatment

While the success of early data-science applications is evident, the full impact of data science has yet to be realized.

M. Tamer Özsu

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Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

Fusing Creativity and Innovation in Asia’s Manufacturing Industry

The Kawahara Universal Information Network Project explores the technologies needed for the next generation of the Internet of Things and HCI.

Yoshihiro Kawahara

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Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

Co-Designing Personalized Assistive Devices Using Personal Fabrication

Developing assistive technologies and devices in the Asia Pacific region.

Anusha Withana

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Careers Jul 1 2023

From UX to Product: An Intentional Career Route

My mother, a stroke-sufferer since her early 20s, is challenged both physically and cognitively. Thus, I was compelled at a young age to study technology and learn how it could improve the lives of everyone — not just the able-bodied.

Hina Elton

Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

Human-AI Cooperation to Tackle Misinformation and Polarization

We describe a significant emerging trend away from the techno-solutionist approach to problems that seeks to create and understand a new paradigm: a productive interplay between algorithms and people.

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Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

JIZAI Body: Human-Machine Integration Based on Asian Thought

JIZAI Body allows a person to free their body and mind by controlling their natural body and altered robotic parts.

Masahiko Inami

JIZAI robotic arms attached to a person's back

Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

Challenges in Designing Blockchain for Cyber-Physical Systems

Tackling scalability, trust, and privacy.

News Jun 27 2023

After Twitter

New social apps arise to challenge troubled Twitter.

Neil Savage

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