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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.
Researchers have developed a method to hijack intelligent voice assistant using sounds above the range of human hearing.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2017
Internet service providers can access the data on Internet-connected devices people use in their homes, even when those devices are set up to protect users' privacy...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2017
How much of your privacy would you trade for a smarter home? Internet service providers (ISPs) can peek at the internet-connected devices people use in their own...New Scientist From ACM News | August 28, 2017
I'm in the cockpit of a Typhoon fighter jet. It's an overwhelming sea of buttons, twiddly knobs and square screens displaying various diagrams and measurements....New Scientist From ACM News | August 21, 2017
If there are advanced alien civilizations in the Milky Way, we ought to be thinking about how to say hello to our neighbours.
New Scientist From ACM News | 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
Google's DeepMind has developed a neural network that gives computers the ability to understand how different objects are related to each other.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 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
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
The progress made in training algorithms to recognize images via the ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge has prompted its 2018 replacement with the...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 10, 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