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Is AI Becoming Sentient?
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Is AI Becoming Sentient?

Determining AI's sentience, its capacity to experience feelings and sensations, will take some time.

Protecting Children's Privacy Online
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Protecting Children's Privacy Online

Assuring youngsters they can use websites without giving away their personal information is not child's play.

Collegiate CS Ethics Programs Emerging En Masse
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Collegiate CS Ethics Programs Emerging En Masse

Universities have created new engineering ethics programs, added concentrated subject-matter ethics programs, and made ethics course material available through...

The Data Science Boom is Here
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The Data Science Boom is Here

Data science brings a new spin to computer science education.  

Data in the Wild Might be Key to Better Public Health
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Data in the Wild Might be Key to Better Public Health

"Social determinants of health have really come to the forefront in terms of who has been most greatly impacted."

U.S. AI Policy Still Effectively A Closed Box
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U.S. AI Policy Still Effectively A Closed Box

Expect a tapestry of federal, state and local policies to take shape.  

The Doctor Will Hear You Soon
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The Doctor Will Hear You Soon

The vocal biomarker community is getting louder.  

Higher Education Readies for a Quantum Leap
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Higher Education Readies for a Quantum Leap

The nascent quantum industry is calling on higher education to begin preparing a quantum workforce with a broader, less specialized range of technical skills.

Valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Computing Community
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Valuing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Computing Community

Improving diversity is everybody’s job.

'Are You Real?'
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'Are You Real?'

An ecosystem is emerging for ‘digital human’ development.

Rethinking Public Broadband
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Rethinking Public Broadband

U.S. infrastructure shortcomings re-ignite public/private debate over broadband.

Teaching Cybersecurity
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Teaching Cybersecurity

U.S. cybersecurity education reboots for a wider reach.

'We Have Emphasized Learning and Compassion'
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'We Have Emphasized Learning and Compassion'

Computer science instruction adjusts to the coronavirus pandemic.

Partnering With AI
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Partnering With AI

Human-machine interaction gets a fresh look.

Pandemic Makes Modeling's Importance Clear
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Pandemic Makes Modeling's Importance Clear

The number of COVID-19 models was growing so numerous that one laboratory created a COVID-19 forecasting hub featuring an ensemble output of numerous models.

NSF Accelerator is Open For Business
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NSF Accelerator is Open For Business

Attempting to harness the National Science Foundation’s 10 Big Ideas.

Futurists Get 15 Minutes Every 4 Years
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Futurists Get 15 Minutes Every 4 Years

Zoltan Istvan is the latest futurist to run for U.S. president.

U.K. Digital Health Infrastructure Is Stepping Up
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U.K. Digital Health Infrastructure Is Stepping Up

Developments in the public and private sectors put the U.K. on the cusp of critical advances in helping people get healthier through digital tools.

Driving Hate from The Internet: Noble or Futile?
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Driving Hate from The Internet: Noble or Futile?

Cracking down on those who post violent manifestos and other hateful content.

ActBlue was Only the Beginning
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ActBlue was Only the Beginning

The online political funding ecosystem is coalescing.
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