Communications of the ACM
Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems… From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM TechNews
New Deepfake Detection Tool Should Keep World Leaders Safe--for Now
A new digital forensics technique holds the potential to protect world leaders and celebrities from artificial intelligence-doctored "deepfake" videos.
From ACM TechNews
How Quantum Computer Could Break 2,048-Bit RSA Encryption in 8 Hours
Researchers have developed a more efficient technique for decryption calculations by quantum computers.
From ACM News
Russia Wants to Cut Itself Off from the Global Internet. Here's What that Really Means.
In the next two weeks, Russia is planning to attempt something no other country has tried before. It's going to test whether it can disconnect from the rest of...
From ACM News
Triton Is the World's Most Murderous Malware, and It's Spreading
As an experienced cyber first responder, Julian Gutmanis had been called plenty of times before to help companies deal with the fallout from cyberattacks.
From ACM News
A Neural Network Can Learn to Organize the World It Sees Into Concepts, Just Like We Do
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 ...
From ACM News
The S and China Are in a Quantum Arms Race that Will Transform Warfare
In the 1970s, at the height of the Cold War, American military planners began to worry about the threat to US warplanes posed by new, radar-guided missile defenses...
From ACM News
These Incredibly Realistic Fake Faces Show How Algorithms Can Now Mess with s
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...
From ACM News
China's Tech Giants Want to Go Global. Just One Thing Might Stand in Their Way.
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...
From ACM News
China Has Never Had a Real Chip Industry. Making AI Chips Could Change That.
Donald Trump is speaking Mandarin.
From ACM TechNews
Machine Learning Identifies Cryptocurrency Scams Before They Happen
Researchers in the U.K. have developed an algorithm that can predict "pump-and-dump" cryptocurrency scams prior to their occurrence.
From ACM TechNews
sing Wi-Fi to 'See' Behind Closed Doors Is Easier than Anyone Thought
Researchers have developed a technique to see through walls using ambient Wi-Fi signals and an ordinary smartphone.
From ACM News
sing Wi-Fi to 'See' Behind Closed Doors Is Easier than Anyone Thought
Wi-Fi fills our world with radio waves. In your home, in the office, and increasingly on city streets, humans are bathed in a constant background field of 2.4-...
From ACM News
The .S. Pushes to Build nhackable Quantum Networks
A few years ago, Edward Snowden, a contractor working for the US National Security Agency, leaked documents that showed the ways in which intelligence agenciestapped...
From ACM TechNews
Bot Disguised as a Human Software Developer Fixes Bugs
A new software bot can find bugs in code and write patches with effectiveness comparable to that of human developers.
From ACM News
China's Leaders Are Softening Their Stance on AI
China might be at loggerheads with the United States over trade, but it is calling for a friendlier approach to the development of artificial intelligence.
From ACM News
For Safety’s Sake, We Must Slow Innovation in Internet-connected Things
That's the view of security expert Bruce Schneier, who fears lives will be lost in a cyber disaster unless governments act swiftly.
From ACM Careers
The 'Neuropolitics' Consultants Who Hack Voters' Brains
Maria Pocovi slides her laptop over to me with the webcam switched on.
From ACM TechNews
.S. Defense Department Produces First Tools for Catching Deepfakes
U.S. Defense researchers say they have created the first forensic tools for catching fake videos, known as "deepfakes," created with artificial intelligence.
From ACM News
The Defense Department Has Produced the First Tools for Catching Deepfakes
The first forensics tools for catching revenge porn and fake news created with AI have been developed through a program run by the US Defense Department.
From ACM News