How Software Bugs led to ‘One of the Greatest Miscarriages of Justice’ in British History
Bad coding and bad testing characterize the software that led to wrongful convictions, financial ruin, and four suicides.
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Initiatives created for the 2023 UbiComp/ISWC conference illustrate what can and should be done to support the needs of a diverse, increasingly global computing community.
The LiteLoad project is working to quantify the impact of poor connectivity in rural areas near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in Tennessee, as a testing ground.
Is It Math or CS? Or Is It Both?
Igor Markov's “Reevaluating Google’s Reinforcement Learning for IC Macro Placement” in the November 2024 Communications looks at two non-peer-reviewed papers and makes baseless allegations of scientific integrity issues, all already found to be without merit.
Considering Trauma in Accessible Design for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Research into making smart-device-based computing apps accessible to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has revealed several design suggestions.
I Was Wrong about the Ethics Crisis
Anxiety about the ills brought on by computing has risen dramatically.
Thinking of Algorithms as Institutions
Algorithms are not just lines of code; they are architectures that organize complex systems of interactions involving machines and humans.
The Fine Line between Persuasion and Coercion
How the Supreme Court's decision in Murthy v. Missouri leaves platforms free to set their own content-moderation policies on controversial issues.
Identifying Political Bias in AI
Findings suggest that no dataset is completely objective, even those carefully curated to be used as objectivity benchmarks.
Stealth aircraft can foil radar but can't dodge detection by Starlink satellite signals, a game-changer for aerial protection.
From X to Bluesky: To Echo Chamber or Not to Echo Chamber?
Our desire to avoid cognitive dissonance makes us inherently susceptible to echo chambers, a phenomenon intensified by algorithms that curate what we see, creating an environment in which beliefs are seldom challenged.
UT Austin researchers used AI to correctly predict 70% of earthquakes over seven months in an area of China a week before they happened.
There are technological reasons why BlueSky is experiencing sharp growth in users and activity.
The EU AI Act and the Wager on Trustworthy AI
The EU AI Act serves as a reminder for developers to always prioritize the well being of individuals and society as a whole.
Ethics and Cultural Background as Key Factors for an Attractive Metaverse
Lessons from South Korea could hold the key to more widespread adoption of the metaverse.
The Computation Behind This Year’s Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics
What, from a computational perspective, did recent Nobel recipients do to merit their prizes?
How can we prevent prompt-hacking and an associated AI research replication crisis?
Free Speech vs. Free Ride: Navigating the Supreme Court’s Social Media Paradox
Today’s social media giants have sought to avoid the pollution costs they impose on the rest of us.
Gamification in apps, services, and the workplace can make a task more fun and boost engagement. But it can have negative consequences as well.
Do Social Media Platforms Have Free Speech Rights to ‘Censor’ Conservatives?
Other court decisions have ruled that privately owned media entities have constitutional rights to decide whether or not to publish content authored by outsiders.
Partnering to Protect the Power
As the informational needs of the power grid become more complex and the connected “smart grid” expands, so too do the cybersecurity needs of grid operators.
Public Business and Private Accounts
The implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision stating that it is illegal to block, in at least some situations, other users on social media.
Only innovation will stave off the unbridled increase in power needed to run the chips behind exploding AI features and functionality.
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