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BLOG@CACM Jul 30 2023

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 26 2023

The Dissemination Game: Incentives of In-Person vs Virtual Participation

Incentives are changing the effectiveness of computer science conferences, but perhaps better conference design can improve them.

Jason Harline

News Jul 25 2023

A New Chemistry

Oxygen-ion batteries power forward.

Samuel Greengard

A prototype cell of a novel oxygen-ion battery that has a third the energy density of lithium-ion, but is safer and longer lasting.

News Jul 20 2023

A Nested Inventory for Software Security, Supply Chain Risk Management

The growing importance of the Software Bill of Materials

Esther Shein

An SBOM is meant to provide visibility into risks and vulnerabilities.

News Jul 18 2023

Solar Energy Turns a New Leaf

Focusing on the use of artificial photosynthesis through solar leaf technologies.

Samuel Greengard

A solar leaf product made from microalgae, phytoplankton, and other microscopic plants.

BLOG@CACM Jul 17 2023

Why They’re Worried

Summarizing experts' motivations for signing the 'Pause Letter.'

Isabella Struckman and Sofie Kupiec

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

BLOG@CACM Jul 14 2023

Egalitarian Authorship

Is there a way to provide egalitarian authorship to papers?

Carlos Baquero

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

News Jul 6 2023

AI Bias: Challenges and Solutions

Where does bias in artificial intelligence come from; once we find it, how can we reduce or eliminate it?

Karen Emslie

Even if training data is not biased, problems can arise due to model trainers’ own biases.

BLOG@CACM Jul 5 2023

Lessons from PL/I: A Most Ambitious Programming Language

PL/I stands for Programming Language 1, and its aim was to be the Highlander of programming languages.

Doug Meil

BLOG@CACM Jul 5 2023

VOT Challenge: Computer Vision Competition

VOT Challenge is one of the outstanding competitions in computer vision. At the end of this important event this year, I would like to share my opinions about this competition.

Aleksandr Romanov and Roman Solovyev

Opinion Jul 1 2023

Legal Challenges to Generative AI, Part I

Questioning the legality of using in-copyright works for training data and producing outputs derived from copyrighted training data.

Pamela Samuelson

hands reaching toward copyright symbol, illustration

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

hand holds a smartphone showing location icons

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

head wearing assistive technology, illustration

Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

MEXT Society 5.0 Realization Research Support Project

Creating innovations to maintain people's health and to improve illness using ICT.

Teruo Higashino, Hidetoshi Kotera, and Yasushi Yagi

Opinion Jul 1 2023

Revisiting ACM’s Open-Conference Principle

I would like to see the ACM Presidential Task Force on "Open Science" develop a detailed set of guiding principles for conference-site selection. Principles, however, must be translated to concrete decisions in the context of a messy reality.

Moshe Y. Vardi

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

Opinion Jul 1 2023

The End Is Not Clear

In his January 2023 Communications Viewpoint, "The End of Programming," Matt Welsh wrote "nobody actually understands how large AI models work." However, already no one person understands existing large computer systems.

CACM Staff

Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

South Korea’s Nationwide Effort for AI Semiconductor Industry

Recent nationwide efforts taking place in South Korea challenge the emerging AI semiconductor industry.

Ji-Hoon Kim, Sungyeob Yoo, and Joo-Young Kim

circuit board with a chip marked by the flag of South Korea

Research and Advances Jul 1 2023

To Draw Is Human: Toward No-Code Subgraph Search

Low-code or no-code frameworks are the latest disruption in the business world.

Sourav S. Bhowmick and Byron Choi

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