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AI vs. AI: The Race to Generate, Share, and Detect Deepfakes
Fakers and researchers alike are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to produce and identify manipulated digital content.
Enabling Renewable Energy Through Smarter Grids
We have enormous power to change the world through the systems we create. A world with clean air and water in which every person is respected seems like something we can all aspire to.
The Power of Quantum Complexity
A theorem about computations that exploit quantum mechanics challenges longstanding ideas in mathematics and physics.
Artificial intelligence provides automatic fact-checking and fake news detection, but with limits.
Edmund Melson Clarke, Jr., a celebrated American academic who developed methods for mathematically proving the correctness of computer systems, died on December 22, 2020 at the age of 75 from complications of COVID-19.
Can the Biases in Facial Recognition Be Fixed; Also, Should They?
Many facial recognition systems used by law enforcement are shot through with biases. Can anything be done to make them fair and trustworthy?
The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act §230 amid an evolving online environment.
Informing California Privacy Regulations with Evidence from Research
Designing and testing 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information' icons.
Seeking to reap the positive uses of synthetic media while minimizing or preventing negative societal impact.
Science Is Not Another Opinion
The issue is not who has the "truth," but whose claims deserve more credence.
What Can the Maker Movement Teach Us About the Digitization of Creativity?
Experimenting with the creative process.
The Pascal programming language creator Niklaus Wirth reflects on its origin, spread, and further development.
A Second Conversation with Werner Vogels
The Amazon CTO sits with Tom Killalea to discuss designing for evolution at scale.
Out-of-This-World Additive Manufacturing
From thingamabobs to rockets, 3D printing takes many forms.
Gender Trends in Computer Science Authorship
Under optimistic projection models, gender parity is forecast to be reached after 2100.
The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology
Technological and economic forces are now pushing computing away from being general purpose and toward specialization.
Understanding Deep Learning (Still) Requires Rethinking Generalization
In this work, we presented a simple experimental framework for interrogating purported measures of generalization.
Technical Perspective: Why Don’t Today’s Deep Nets Overfit to Their Training Data?
"Understanding Deep Learning (Still) Requires Rethinking Generalization," Chiyuan Zhang, et al., brings a fundamental new theoretical challenge: Why don't today's deep nets overfit to training data?
Is MFA Needed to Improve Security?
Considering the outlook for multi-factor authentication applications.
The first programmable electronic general-purpose digital computer was introduced to the world on Valentine’s Day in 1946.
The Scramble for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Quantum computers are expected to undermine today's computer security.
Shape the Future of Computing
ACM encourages its members to take a direct hand in shaping the future of the association. There are more ways than ever to get involved.
Get InvolvedCommunications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication.
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