Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.
Wired From ACM News | July 26, 2021
The conservation group Island Conservation plans to use drones to try to eliminate rats on Tetiaroa atoll and two other islands in French Polynesia, beginning in...Wired From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2021
The Pentagon says a ban on AI weapons isn't necessary, But missiles, guns and drones that think for themselves already kill people in combat, and have been for...Wired From ACM News | July 12, 2021
Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance.
Wired From ACM News | July 9, 2021
The deputy director of the White House science office plans to tackle algorithmic bias and start candid conversations about the past.
Wired From ACM News | June 29, 2021
An Android app can exploit flaws in near-field communication systems, enabling ATMs and a variety of point-of-sale terminals to be hacked.
Wired From ACM TechNews | June 28, 2021
A study found that a system used to identify cases of sepsis missed most instances and frequently issued false alarms.
Wired From ACM News | June 22, 2021
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often misunderstood. Here's what it is, and how those with OCD can use technology to help navigate uncertainty.
Wired From ACM News | June 3, 2021
Disease surveillance schemes to catch the next rising virus already exist—they're just not communicating with each other.
Wired From ACM News | June 3, 2021
Microsoft reveals plans to bring GPT-3, best known for generating text, to programming. "The code writes itself," CEO Satya Nadella says.
Wired From ACM News | May 27, 2021
In his first interview since taking a top job, Raghavan gets into the future of search, misinformation, employee ferment, and robots making phone calls.
Wired From ACM News | May 20, 2021
Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.
Wired From ACM News | May 17, 2021
A transmission factory shows how artificial intelligence may creep into industrial processes in gradual and often imperceptible ways.
Wired From ACM News | April 29, 2021
The semiconductor giant announced plans to open its factories to others, but it will send some of its most advanced designs to be made in Taiwan.
Wired From ACM News | March 26, 2021