By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems…
From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Web browsing data is being collected and sold in greater detail than previously thought, according to a report by the non-profit Irish Council for Civil Liberties...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2023
South Koreans are anxious over a flood of cheap Chinese robot waiters amid labor shortages, population declines, and growing rivalry with Chinese technology firms...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2023
Jon Hillis is using digital technologies to create a network of self-generating co-living communities like Neighborhood Zero outside Austin, TX, to help decentralize...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | August 15, 2023
Chemify, which was spun out of the U.K.'s Glasgow University in 2022, has received $43 million in funding to further its efforts to "digitize chemistry."
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | August 10, 2023
Japan-based nursing home operator and insurer Sompo Holdings is using technology to alleviate a caregiver shortage in that nation.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | July 5, 2023
Academic publishers have introduced an online tool developed by academic and professional publishing association STM that can identify bogus papers fabricated by...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2023
Generative AI technology from Synthesia was used to create recent deepfake videos that attempted to spread misinformation and propaganda in Venezuela.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | March 21, 2023
Luxury retailers are capitalizing on the metaverse, with some using the virtual environment to identify trends and roll out new products.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2023
Human artists and artificial intelligence companies are disputing generative AI-intellectual property in a landmark legal case.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2023
China claims to have made a major breakthrough, but Western experts say any commercial benefits are still years away.
Financial Times From ACM News | January 10, 2023
Scientists in China are claiming they have found a way for current-generation quantum computers to crack the RSA algorithm underlying the most common form of online...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | January 6, 2023
Universities need new ways to assess and respond to threats to academic integrity posed by AI tools that students could use to cheat on written assignments.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | December 27, 2022