Communications of the ACM
An 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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FAA Approves Largest Uncrewed Aircraft System in the U.S.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approved electric aircraft startup Pykathe 's commercial operation of its autonomous crop sprayers in the U.S.
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Tech Experts Start to Doubt ChatGPT, A.I. 'Hallucinations' Will Ever Go Away
"This isn't fixable."
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Google's Search Box Changed the Meaning of Information
Web search promised to resolve questions. Instead, it brought on a soft apocalypse of truth.
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Microsoft Comes Under Blistering Criticism for 'Grossly Irresponsible' Security
Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing under the weight of exploits and vulnerabilities.
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AI Boosting Satellite Navigation Capability, European Space Agency Says
European Space Agency says AI, machine learning are being implemented to improve NAVISP program satnav performance.
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California Privacy Regulator's First Case: Probing Internet-Connected Cars
Modern cars are computers filled with data, with few clear manufacturer policies on what happens to it
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Underwater Robots Could Usher in High-Tech Future for Deep Sea Mining
Renee Grogan at mining solutions developer Impossible Metals envisions underwater robots as key to harvesting precious metals from the seafloor without harming...
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt Military Operations
U.S. security officials say the White House is hunting for malware purportedly concealed by China within infrastructure critical to U.S. military bases.
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Fighting Fake 'Facts' with Two Little Words
Researchers have developed a method to decrease hallucinations by large language models (LLMs) by including "according to" in LLM queries.
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What Does a 'Twinkling' Star Sound Like?
A team of researchers three-dimensionally simulated the rippling waves of gas that contribute to stars' apparent twinkle, and rendered them as sound waves.
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Pills from the 3D Printer
Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the University of California, Davis, three-dimensionally-printed liquid-soluble tablets.
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How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars
Liquid neural networks represent a significant departure from traditional deep learning models.
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Giving Users More than They Can Handle
Are Microsoft's artificial intelligence files creating security issues for customers?
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New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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This Disinformation Is Just for You
Generative AI won't just flood the Internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.
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Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says
Want to chat with Abraham Lincoln? Facebook owner Meta is an artificial intelligence leader, but rivals with advanced chatbots already are abundant.
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Allowing ML to Ask Questions Can Make It Smarter
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have improved the accuracy of machine learning (ML) algorithms for molecular biology and drug development.
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Gigantic Telescope Adopts Intelligent Maintenance Robots
Five "intelligent" robot systems and platforms have been cleared by authorities to maintain China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)...
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Measuring AI Creativity
Quantifying artificial intelligence's capacity for creativity requires an understanding of what creativity is.
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