Computer scientists claim to have created the first algorithm for seamlessly concealing messages in realistic text, images, or audio.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
Scientists are investigating whether virtual reality can offer some of the health benefits of being in nature.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2023
An international team of scientists developed a deep learning algorithm to more deeply explore permanently shadowed regions of the Moon.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 19, 2022
This year's Olympic Games in Tokyo use an advanced three-dimensional tracking system that captures athletes' performances in fine detail.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2021
A Georgia Institute of Technology music technologist modified an improvisational musical robot called Shimon to create lyrics and perform rap in real time.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2020
Technology solutions increasingly are being employed to enable more efficient and intelligent agriculture.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2019
DeepMind's self-learning AlphaZero algorithm has demonstrated superhuman success at complex board games including chess, shogi, and go.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 12, 2018
What if you stopped learning after graduation? It sounds stultifying, but that is how most machine-learning systems are trained.
Scientific American From ACM News | November 1, 2018
Imagine standing in an elevator as the doors begin to close and suddenly seeing a couple at the end of the corridor running toward you.
Scientific American From ACM News | August 20, 2018
"Before we work on artificial intelligence, why don't we do something about natural stupidity?" computer scientist Steve Polyak once joked.
Scientific American From ACM News | June 18, 2018
Fraudulent images have been around for as long as photography itself. Take the famous hoax photos of the Cottingley fairies or the Loch Ness monster.
Scientific American From ACM News | March 22, 2018
Researchers are using deep-learning convolutional neural networks to analyze retinal photos to predict a person's blood pressure, age, and smoking status.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2018
Researchers are experimenting with artificial intelligence-based techniques for automatically generating convincing online reviews, such as bogus restaurant critiques...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2017
When Jason Matheny joined the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) as a program manager in 2009, he made a habit of chatting to the organization's...Scientific American From ACM News | August 9, 2017
The idea of building a computer that uses light rather than electricity goes back more than half a century.
Scientific American From ACM News | July 6, 2017
Thousands of scientists worldwide tap into CERN's computer networks each day in their quest to better understand the fundamental structure of the universe.
Scientific American From ACM News | June 19, 2017
Twenty years ago IBM's Deep Blue computer stunned the world by becoming the first machine to beat a reigning world chess champion in a six-game match.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | June 2, 2017
Watch enough science fiction movies and you'll probably come to the conclusion that humans are living on borrowed time.
Scientific American From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2017