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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.
A new smart harness uses artificial intelligence to help people regain their mobility following certain neurological injuries.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2017
"I can't define obscenity, but I know it when I see it." US Justice Potter Stewart's famous turn of phrase could also be an apt description of the Turing test,...New Scientist From ACM News | July 18, 2017
Need to send a message across interstellar space? Use the sun for a signal boost. A new proposal suggests that the sun's gravity could be used to amplify signals...New Scientist From ACM News | July 10, 2017
Oi, AI—What do you think you're looking at? Understanding why machine learning algorithms can be tricked into seeing things that aren't there is becoming more important...New Scientist From ACM News | July 7, 2017
An artificial iris can open and close in response to sunlight without any other outside control, just like the ones in your eyes.
New Scientist From ACM News | June 27, 2017
AI systems continue to get increasingly powerful, but still need far too much hand-holding by their human masters. New research from DeepMind and OpenAI suggests...New Scientist From ACM News | June 19, 2017
Researchers say they have created a virtual reality headset and jacket system that enables operators to control a drone using only their body movement.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2017
Researchers say they have developed a vocalization synthesizer that generates biologically fitting sounds for land mammals of any size.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2017
University of California, Berkeley researchers are developing an artificial intelligence system that seeks and accepts human oversight.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2017
There is a 50% chance that machines will outperform humans in all tasks within 45 years, according to a survey of 352 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers conducted...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2017
Researchers have conceived of a nanoscale refrigerator to maintain temperatures cold enough to keep qubits functioning in a quantum computer.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2017
Researchers are working to help computers understand human behavior by feeding them videos and images of computer-generated bodies in motion
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2017
Researchers say they have developed a system that can digitally transmit the color and sourness of a glass of lemonade to a tumbler of water.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 27, 2017
Our most accurate clocks are probing a key tenet of Einstein's theory of relativity: the idea that time isn't absolute.
New Scientist From ACM News | March 23, 2017
Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have developed a robotic head that analyzes how people interact with each other.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2017
By making DNA endlessly change, researchers have shown how a biological computer might one day solve problems much faster than conventional computers or even ...New Scientist From ACM News | March 3, 2017