Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow.
Wired From ACM News | March 14, 2022
The technology is spreading fast among police, and often wrong. But people charged with crimes are rarely told an algorithm came into play.
Wired From ACM News | March 10, 2022
War in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia have made cryptocurrency a hot potato for international politics.
Wired From ACM News | March 10, 2022
The regulation of surveillance advertising used to be a fringe idea. Now it's in the State of the Union address, at least when it comes to kids.
Wired From ACM News | March 7, 2022
The company's ATAP research team is using radar to help computers respond to your movements, like turning off a TV if it senses you've dozed off.
Wired From ACM News | March 3, 2022
Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.
Wired From ACM News | February 22, 2022
The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
Wired From ACM News | February 16, 2022
Researchers say their GT Sophy is the first artificial intelligence able to beat professional esports players in the motorsport game Gran Turismo.
Wired From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2022
Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.
Wired From ACM News | February 8, 2022
Apple awarded a $100,500 bug bounty to the researcher who discovered the latest major vulnerability in its browser.
Wired From ACM News | January 27, 2022
Brain-computer interfaces are getting better all the time—and they're about to land us in a philosophical quagmire.
Wired From ACM News | January 11, 2022
The bizarre robots look like cobbled-together Tetris pieces. A new system "evolves" them to run, climb, and throw stuff better.
Wired From ACM News | December 16, 2021
A New York City law requires algorithms used in hiring to be "audited" for bias. It's the first in the US—and part of a larger push toward regulation.
Wired From ACM News | December 13, 2021