More than 2 million people in the Philippines perform "crowdwork," according to informal government estimates, as part of AI's vast underbelly.
The Washington Post From ACM News | August 28, 2023
Researchers hope to enable scientists and processor designers to understand the underlying reasoning of deep learning accelerator designs through explainable-design...ASU News From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) operates the U.S. Air Force's pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft, which the military envisions as a next-generation robot...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 28, 2023
A team of researchers has developed a light-based machine learning system that could surpass the system behind ChatGPT in terms of power and efficiency, while also...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 25, 2023
Since the beginning of August, 10 telescopes in Hawaii and Chile run by the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab coordinating center for ground-based astronomy...Science From ACM TechNews | August 25, 2023
A new analysis shows that "open source" AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big tech companies in a number of ways.
Wired From ACM News | August 24, 2023
U.S. pharmacy chain CVS is among those interested in a pill-tracking device created by Virginia-based high school student Archishma Marrapu.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2023
Adalytics reported Google's YouTube advertised adult products from over 300 brands on close to 100 YouTube videos geared toward children, with several ads displaying...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2023
Engineers have produced a supercapacitor from cement and carbon black, a development that could expedite the shift to renewable energy.
dezeen.com From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2023
Scientists evaluated eight artificial intelligence-based pedestrian detectors used in driverless car research, and found they may have difficulty detecting children...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2023
A multi-institutional team of researchers developed malware to extract caller information by screening vibration data from ear speakers recorded by a smartphone's...Texas A&M Engineering News From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2023
How the Dark Web continues to operate, and why law enforcement will not shut it down anytime soon.
Esther Shein From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2023
Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a U.S. Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence to prepare for the next...Wired From ACM News | August 22, 2023
Scientists at Switzerland's ETH Zurich have formulated a "minimal manual guidance" model to train robots to learn how to open doors and dishwashers.
TechCrunch From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2023
University of California, San Diego computer scientists have proposed a method for repurposing deactivated smartphones.
University of California, San Diego From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2023
A driverless Cruise taxi with a passenger collided with a fire truck Thursday night, just one week after state officials allowed the service to expand.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 21, 2023
Research by scientists at the U.K.'s University of East Anglia suggests OpenAI's ChatGPT has a liberal slant.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2023