Communications of the ACM
Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems… From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Raising Robovoices
New systems can model and synthesize voices, and even translate them into other languages.
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Durable, Dense, and Efficient: The Promise of DNA Data Storage
Is DNA the future of data storage?
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It's Alive!
Scientists and engineers cross the reality gap, transferring simulated evolution into real machines.
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The Quantum Threat
Cryptographers are developing algorithms to ensure security in a world of quantum computing.
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Machine Learning, Meet Whiskey
Technologies are coming increasingly closer to approximating the human senses of taste and smell.
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What Makes a Robot Likable?
Interactions with robotics teach us more about people.
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Robotic Implants
Scientists are developing tiny medical machines that stretch the definition of the term "robot."
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Shrinking Machines, Cellular Computers
Scientists are using DNA and RNA to build the world's tiniest robots and computing devices.
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Feeling Sounds, Hearing Sights
A new wave of sensory substitution devices work to assist people who are blind or deaf.
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Broadband to Mars
Scientists are demonstrating that lasers could be the future of space communication.
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Sensors on the Brain
Implantable wireless monitors give researchers a new look inside the human body.
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Bias in Technology
As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.
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The Edge of the Uncanny
Scientists are learning more about what makes robots and chatbots engaging.
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What's Next For Digital Humanities?
New computational tools spur advances in an evolving field.
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The Hyper-Intelligent Bandage
Scientists are developing smart, sensor-packed dressings to help heal chronic wounds.
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Beyond Search
The latest academic research tools do not just find papers; they analyze them.
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One Brain to Teach Them All
How the new field of cloud robotics will impact intelligent machines.
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Sensing Emotions
How computer systems detect the internal emotional states of users.
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Will Barbie Pass the Turing Test?
Startups are beginning to empower toys with child-friendly speech recognition technology.12