Soft robots developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University can transition from walking to swimming or crawling to rolling…
From ACM TechNewsCarnegie Mellon University| March 21, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
IBM upgraded the neural networks of its Project Debater system to improve the quality of evidence the argument-mining system uncovers.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2020
Chinese technology company Baidu outperformed Microsoft and Google in the General Language Understanding Evaluation, a benchmark for artificial intelligence comprehension...MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2020
The computational power needed to train AI models is doubling at a rate seven times faster than before.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2019
Researchers have developed software that allows robots to understand verbal instructions, carry out those instructions, and report back.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2019
A new chess algorithm evaluates the quality of chess moves by analyzing the reactions of expert commentators.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2019
A new machine vision system can analyze the poses of human subjects in fine art paintings throughout history, then identify other paintings that contain people...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 7, 2019
Six autonomous six-seater shuttles will be offering free rides around a one-mile loop of New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | August 7, 2019
Some big-names in AI and robotics are teaming up to develop a robot operating system that will aim to address the shortcomings of today's smartest machines.
Technology Review From ACM News | June 7, 2019
Researchers have developed a more efficient technique for decryption calculations by quantum computers.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2019
A new robotic system can figure out at least the first principles of tool use, through a combination of experimentation and observation.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 17, 2019
In one of Aesop's fables, a thirsty crow finds a pitcher with a small amount of water beyond the reach of its beak.
Technology Review From ACM News | April 3, 2019
Researchers have analyzed how different recommendation algorithms can accelerate or decelerate filter bubbles and echo chambers online.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 14, 2019
Here's some breaking fake news … Russia has declared war on the United States after Donald Trump accidentally fired a missile in the air.
Technology Review From ACM News | February 15, 2019
A study of 25 years of artificial-intelligence research suggests the era of deep learning is coming to an end.
Technology Review From ACM Careers | January 29, 2019
Algorithms are increasingly being used to make ethical decisions. Perhaps the best example of this is a high-tech take on the ethical dilemma known as the trolley...Technology Review From ACM News | January 18, 2019
GANs, or generative adversarial networks, are the social-media starlet of AI algorithms. They are responsible for creating the first AI painting ever sold at an ...Technology Review From ACM News | January 11, 2019
Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence system to convert ordinary monaural sounds into nearly three-dimensional sounds.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 3, 2019
These faces don't seem particularly remarkable. They could easily be taken from, say, Facebook or LinkedIn. In reality, they were dreamed up by a new kind of AI...Technology Review From ACM News | December 21, 2018
In the early 1980s, a cluster of fledging computer companies opened up shop in a chaotic corner of northwest Beijing, near the campuses of Peking and Tsinghua Universities...Technology Review From ACM News | December 20, 2018