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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AI System Makes Models Like DALL-E 2 More Creative
The Composable Diffusion model can help artificial intelligence-based image generators produce more complex imagery with better comprehension.
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The Supply Chain Broke. Robots Are Supposed to Help Fix It
The companies behind e-commerce are embracing automation as the means of transcending the limitations of humans.
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Light-Sensing 3D-Printed Device Could Help People with Lupus
A three-dimensionally printed wearable device features an ultraviolet and visible light detector to correlate light exposure with symptom flare-ups in people with...
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Voice-Operated Smartphones Target Africa's Illiterate
The Cerco company, in partnership with French teleco Orange, is rolling out a "superphone" equipped with a voice assistant in the Ivory Coast.
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Computer Experts Urge Georgia to Replace Voting Machines
A group of computer and election security experts said hand-marked paper ballots should replace Georgia's Dominion Voting Systems touchscreen voting machines.
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He Used AI to Win a Fine-Arts Competition. Was It Cheating?
One judge said the striking piece evoked Renaissance art. But some critics compared it to 'entering a marathon and driving a Lamborghini to the finish line.'
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U.S. Recovers Over $30 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen by North Korean Hackers
Sum is only a fraction of hundreds of millions siphoned in breach of 'Axie Infinity' online videogame this year.
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GM's Cruise Recalls, Updates Software in Robotaxis
A crash in June prompted General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to recall 80 robotaxis and update their software.
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English Bias in Computing: Images to the Rescue
An image-based benchmark could overcome cultural bias stemming from machine learning (ML) training datasets being written in English.
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Next Generation of Hearing Aids Reads Lips Through Masks
An international team of researchers developed a system that can read lips accurately through face masks using radio-frequency sensing and artificial intelligence...
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Cops Wanted to Keep Mass Surveillance App Secret; Privacy Advocates Refused
Fog Reveal is "almost invisible" when attempting to search for it online.
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NSF Announces $10-million Partnership with Intel
The partnership is aimed at training and building a skilled semiconductor manufacturing workforce.
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DeepMind AI Learns to Play Soccer Using Decades of Match Simulations
Researchers trained an artificial intellgence to play soccer using an athletic curriculum resembling an accelerated model of a human baby maturing into a soccer...
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These Cute Robots Could Deliver Your Next Coffee
Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Kaye Chon said the pandemic-related exodus from the hospitality industry has contributed to an increase in the use of robots...
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Computational Model Could Speed Development of Semiconductors for Quantum Applications
A new computational model can forecast how doping semiconductor material zinc selenide with halogen elements chlorine and fluorine changes its optical properties...
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Pushing the Frontiers of Mathematical Research
Computer proof assistants are being used to create online libraries of mathematical theorems and proofs.
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Teen Invents ML Tool to Detect Elephant Poachers in Real Time
According to the teen, the software is four times more accurate than existing state-of-the-art detection methods.
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Everything Apple Announced
Wednesday's iPhone launch event saw the release of four new iPhone models, plus an Apple Watch built to take a beating.
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Digital Twins Could Help Society Solve Key Sustainability Challenges
The transformative power of digital twins could be the answer to adapting to environmental changes, helping to democratize global efforts to reach net zero.
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