Communications of the ACM
Coding Bootcamps in the Time of COVID
Immersive coding schools have headed online, where their job orientation is more intense than ever.
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Helping Robots Collaborate to Get the Job Done
A new algorithm aims to foster cooperation between information-gathering robot teams.
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Precise Touchscreens, Thanks to AI
A new artificial intelligence technique more precisely estimates where a finger touches a mobile phone screen, to reduce typing errors.
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The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.
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Amazon Cloud Technology Aids NFL in Schedule Making
The National Football League used Amazon Web Services' cloud platform to arrange its just-released 272-game 2021 schedule.
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The Autonomous Vehicle World is Shrinking — It's Overdue
'The AV industry has promised too much for too long, and has delivered too little'
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Integrating Medical Imaging, Cancer Biology with Deep Neural Networks
Deep neural networks can replicate reported associations between gene expression, histology, and computed tomography-derived image features of lung cancer, and...
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Self-Learning Robots Go Full Steam Ahead
Researchers in the Netherlands have demonstrated that a group of autonomous self-learning robots can change what they are doing in response to changing conditions...
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This System Helps Robots Better Navigate Emergency Rooms
A new navigation system aims to improve the ability of robots to navigate busy clinical environments, especially hospital emergency departments.
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Researchers Develop Protocols to Validate Integrity of ML Models
Cryptographic algorithms called zero-knowledge proof protocols are a mathematical method that enables the owner of an ML model to generate a succinct proof to demonstrate...
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NYPD Robot Dog's Run is Cut Short After Fierce Backlash
The New York Police Department has abruptly terminated its deployment of a robot dog developed by Boston Dynamics after several incidents prompted allegations of...
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Untangle Your Hair With Help From Robots
Researchers have develop a robotic arm setup that can comb tangled hair.
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Is Amazon Recommending Books on QAnon, White Nationalism?
A study found that Amazon's recommendation algorithms directs people to books about conspiracy theories and extremism, including those by authors banned by other...
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Technology Could Turn You Into a Tiffany
Companies are developing digital tools for the design of personalized jewelry, which can be fabricated via sophisticated three-dimensional metal printing.
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Ford's Ever-Smarter Robots Are Speeding Up the Assembly Line
A transmission factory shows how artificial intelligence may creep into industrial processes in gradual and often imperceptible ways.
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France’s Macron Eyes Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Terrorism
The move comes as the French president comes under pressure to crack down on terrorism and Islamist separatism.
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AI Experts Even More in Demand as Economy Opens Up
CompTIA has observed surging demand for artificial intelligence experts as the economy opens up and companies expand the technology's usage.
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AI Agent Helps Identify Material Properties Faster
Researchers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence can speed up X-ray diffraction data analysis and improve accuracy in searches for new materials.
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This Researcher Says AI Is Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
Kate Crawford, who holds positions at USC and Microsoft, says in a new book that even experts working on the technology misunderstand AI.
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Now for AI's Latest Trick: Writing Computer Code
Programs such as GPT-3 can compose convincing text. Some people are using the tool to automate software development and hunt for bugs.12