Quantum annealing computers can run algorithms faster than classical computers in certain instances, but typically not when time…
From ACM TechNewsLos Alamos National Laboratory| August 17, 2022
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On a Tuesday evening this spring, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, became part man and part machine. About 40 people, all gathered here at a NASA campus for...The New York Times From ACM News | June 14, 2010
No one doubts that social media--all the stuff on Facebook, Twitter and other online forums--provides a rich lode of user sentiment that companies ought to be able...The New York Times From ACM News | April 12, 2010
In computing, the vision always precedes the reality by a decade or more. The pattern has held true from the personal computer to the Internet, as it takes time...The New York Times From ACM News | February 1, 2010
An optimistic outlook has returned to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) 45 years after the pronouncement by computer scientist John McCarthy that a thinking...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2009
Netflix, the movie rental company, has decided its million-dollar-prize competition was such a good investment that it is planning another one.
The company’srecommendation...The New York Times From ACM News | September 22, 2009
Like a ghost ship, a rogue software program that glided onto the Internet last November has confounded the efforts of top security experts to eradicate the program...The New York Times From ACM News | August 27, 2009
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have spurred a group of computer scientists to consider whether research that might lead to a loss of human control over...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2009
The game of baseball could be significantly affected by a new camera and software system capable of recording the precise speed and location of the ball and every...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 10, 2009
The ability to open doors is a significant step forward for robotics and an important milestone toward a personal robot industry. Such a milestone has been reached...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2009
IBM is developing software designed to compete against human "Jeopardy!" contestants, which, if successful, could mark a major advancement in artificial intelligence...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009