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Quantum Simulator Beats Quantum Hardware
Toshiba's quasi-quantum optimization algorithm on Microsoft's Azure cloud outperforms today's fledgling quantum computer speeds… 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.
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A Crucial Step for Averting AI Disasters
Although technology companies are trying to recruit women and minorities, most computer and software professionals writing artificial intelligence programs remain...
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Pentagon Drafts AI to Fight Wildfires
The Pentagon has launched a program to use artificial intelligence to analyze data collected by drones to improve how wildfires are fought.
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Apple Exerts Power as Privacy Protector
Apple has penalized Google and Facebook for violating its developer policies controlling personal data by suspending internal apps used by both companies.
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Inside Google's Team Fighting to Keep Your Data Safe From Hackers
Google's Threat Analysis Group is an in-house counterespionage unit committed to keeping sensitive online information safe from hackers and spies.
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Driverless Cars Tap the Brakes After Years of Hype
After years of hype, autonomous vehicle developers are taking a more cautious approach in the wake of a number of crashes.
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FAA Proposes More Commercial Drone Operations at Night and Over People
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released preliminary rules to allow small drones to fly routinely over crowds of people at night.
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In Fast-Aging Japan, Elder Care Is a High-Tech Pursuit
Startups are putting new innovations to work in Japan's elder-care market.
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Why Your Ice Cream Will Ride in a Self-Driving Car Before You Do
Autonomous vehicles that transport people get lots of media coverage, but autonomous delivery could transform all of retail long before self-driving cars actually...
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AI Helps Auto-Loan Company Handle Industry's Trickiest Turn
Prestige Financial Services is among a growing number of lenders using artificial intelligence to digest increasing volumes of data to determine creditworthiness...
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Miners Dig AI but the Gold Rush Hasn't Come
Despite expectations by the mining industry that artificial intelligence would transform operations, some experts consider that promise overhyped and unrealistic...
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The Making of a Computer-Generated Influencer
Miquela Sousa is a computer-generated character developed as a social media personality that can evolve with the times without aging.
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OK, Computer: How Much Is My House Worth?
Computer algorithm-based valuations could replace appraisers.
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Behind an Effort to Fact-Check Live News With Speed and Accuracy
A new artificial intelligence-driven voice-scanning tool can identify dubious statements seconds after their utterance, in an effort to more accurately fact-check...
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AI Could Make Cyberattacks More Dangerous, Harder to Detect
Scientists warn that hackers could weaponize artificial intelligence to conceal and accelerate cyberattacks and potentially escalate their damage.
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The Robot Revolution Is Coming, and Dang Is It Cute
How adorable robots are may be a critical factor for their public acceptance.
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Perfecting Crops With AI-Powered Indoor Farms
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory's Open Agriculture Initiative has developed a self-contained indoor farm.
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Voting Machine sed in Half of .S. Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds
Election machines used in more than half of U.S. states contain a decade-old flaw that makes them vulnerable to a cyberattack.
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Holograms Are Helping Medical Training
San Diego State University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are testing mixed-reality software for the education of nurse trainees.
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The -2 Spy Plane Is Still Flying Combat Missions 60 Years After Its Debut
Six decades after the U-2 flew its first mission, the military is trying to harness artificial-intelligence technology to enhance the venerable spy plane's combat...
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