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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.
Research from Johns Hopkins University suggests new ways to prevent artificial intelligence from being visually deceived.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2018
Researchers found insights into ant cooperation could be incorporated into the development of large swarms of robots.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2018
A mean robot could motivate human employees to improve their cognitive performance, compared to supervision by a friendly robot or no robot supervision, researchers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2018
IBM researchers have developed a system that translates offensive comments on social media into more polite language, while keeping the content intact.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2018
A team of researchers has found that a team of robot football (soccer) players trained to mimic how infant humans walk can beat other robots trained on geometric...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2018
A new algorithm monitors a person's unconscious eye movements as they read, to assess their proficiency in a foreign language.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2018
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
Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands programmed a robotic fly to mimic insects with different levels of wing damage, enabling them to examine...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 5, 2017
Artificial intelligence systems can form flawed and stereotypical word associations by learning from biased data samples.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2016
Has your bank recently sent you a credit or debit card with a chip in it? If so, you may now be in possession of a little piece of tech that is quietly helping...New Scientist From ACM News | June 9, 2016
University of Louisville researcher Roman Yampolskiy and hacktivist Federico Pistono are examining worst-case scenarios for a potential malevolent artificial intelligence...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2016
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2016
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.New Scientist From ACM Careers | April 1, 2015
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.New Scientist From ACM News | October 21, 2014