Communications of the ACM
An 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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Outsmarting Deepfake Video
Looking for truth, when "it's becoming surprisingly easy to distort reality."
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Raising Robovoices
New systems can model and synthesize voices, and even translate them into other languages.
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It's Alive!
Scientists and engineers cross the reality gap, transferring simulated evolution into real machines.
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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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The Edge of the Uncanny
Scientists are learning more about what makes robots and chatbots engaging.
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The New Smart Cities
How urban information systems are slowly revamping the modern metropolis.
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Robots With a Human Touch
Empowering smart machines with tactile feedback could lead to tremendous new applications.
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New Models in Cosmetics Replacing Animal Testing
A European law spurs scientists to develop computational simulations capable of predicting the toxicity of cosmetics.
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Rise of the Swarm
Guided by collective intelligence, teams of small, simple robots could soon accomplish amazing feats.
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Beyond Hadoop
The leading open source system for processing big data continues to evolve, but new approaches with added features are on the rise.
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