Communications of the ACM
Will AI Replace Computer Programmers?
Advances in artificial intelligence tools that can code could improve productivity, but portend disruption.
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Leaked Ransomware Docs Show Conti Helping Putin From the Shadows
Members of the hacker gang may act in Russia's interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc.
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Dual Use of AI-powered Drug Discovery
An international security conference explored how artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of biochemical weapons...
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Battery-free Devices Float on the Wind like Dandelion Seeds
University of Washington researchers have developed a tiny battery-free device that can be blown by wind currents, like dandelion seeds.
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Could the Internet be Driven by Climate-friendly 'Natural Intelligence'?
The Solar Protocol project aims to highlight the environmental impact of the Internet, the devices and systems that use it, and the servers that support it.
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How MIT's Robot Cheetah Got Its Speed
Researchers have designed a new version of the Mini Cheetah robot that can achieve high running speeds more efficiently than its predecessors.
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See 'Spot' Save: Robot Dogs Join NY Fire Department
Plans to use two new robot dogs only in precarious search and rescue missions may help avoid the controversy that met the Police Department's robots last year. ...
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AI Predicts Algae Potential as Alternative Energy Source
Scientists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory used artificial intelligence to surpass a targeted...
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New Attack Amplifies DDoSes by 4 Billion-Fold
New technique also stretches out distributed denial of service durations to 14 hours.
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Smartphone App Calculates Genetic Risk for Heart Attack
Scripps Research uses DNA data from 23andMe to calculate risk for coronary artery disease.
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Computer Simulates Schools of Fishlike Underwater Research Drones
An international team of researchers has created a three-dimensional simulation of small fish swimming that could improve aquatic research robots designed to mimic...
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WARNING: Objects in Driverless Car Sensors May Be Closer Than They Appear
Researchers have identified an attack strategy that can trick industry-standard autonomous vehicle sensors into believing nearby objects are closer or further than...
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U.S. Casts a Global Net to Stop Shipments to Russia
To try to halt the war in Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies have imposed the most sweeping export controls seen in decades on Russia. Now they have to enforce them...
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'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses
Products allow anyone to use AI without writing any computer code.
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To Catch a Falling Satellite
Researchers lean on NASA Astrobee robots to try to contain and stabilize out-of-control satellites.
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Russia Faces IT Crisis with Just Two Months of Data Storage Left
The withdrawal of Western cloud computing companies from Russia has left the country with roughly two months before it runs out of IT data storage.
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Here Come the Artificial Intelligence Nutritionists
Companies are experimenting with personalized diet apps, saying the future of healthy eating is A.I.
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How California Is Building the Nation's First Privacy Police
A new state agency has a $10-million budget to regulate Google, Facebook and others. But first it needs to be created.
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AI Can Help Historians Restore Ancient Texts
DeepMind AI tool helps historians restore ancient Greek texts with 72% accuracy with human help
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Twitter Unveils Version of Site That Can Bypass Russia Block
Twitter has launched a version of its service that can circumvent Russia's attempts to block and censor the flow of information about its Ukraine invasion.
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