Communications of the ACM
Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
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Washington Fears New Threat from 'Deepfake' Videos
Lawmakers and experts are sounding the alarm about "deepfakes," forged videos that look remarkably real, warning they will be the next phase in disinformation campaigns...
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Machine Vision Can Create Harry Potter-Style Photos for Muggles
New software can animate the central character in a photograph while leaving the rest of the image untouched.
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Brazilian Museum Destroyed by Fire Lives on Through Google
Google is helping preserve Brazil's National Museum via a virtual exhibition, three months after the institution's destruction by fire.
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Who Owns 3D Scans of Historic Sites?
Three-dimensional scanning can be used to protect or rebuild historic structures, but who owns that digital data?
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Hidden Messages Fool AI
Forced errors focus attention on neural network quirks.
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How Russian Trolls sed Meme Warfare to Divide America
There's a meme on Instagram, circulated by a group called "Born Liberal." A fist holds a cluster of strings, reaching down into people with television sets for...
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STEM Toys Promise to Turn Kids Into Tech Geniuses. Grown-Up Coders Are Skeptical
Some programmers are doubtful that toys promising to imbue young minds with science, technology, engineering, and math skills can deliver on that promise.
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How Sony's 'Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse' ses AR to Put a New Spin on a Beloved Superhero
Sony has enhanced the new animated film "Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse" to break new ground with augmented reality technology.
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'Superhuman' AI Triumphs Playing the Toughest Board Games
DeepMind's self-learning AlphaZero algorithm has demonstrated superhuman success at complex board games including chess, shogi, and go.
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Smartphone Camera Replicates Physical Objects for Virtual Reality
A new technique allows physical objects to be replicated for the augmented and virtual reality space using any digital camera with a flash.
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Researchers Bring Jedi Powers to Life With Force Push
A new technique method allows virtual reality users to move faraway objects and focus with an approach for remote object manipulation.
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Learning to See
Machine learning turns the spotlight on elusive viruses.
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AI Judges and Juries
Artificial intelligence is changing the legal industry.
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Inside Nike's Store of the Future
Nike new flagship store in New York City is focused on personalized, experiential shopping, allowing shoppers with the Nike app to check out items via phone, request...
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Kids are Scared of MRI Tests. A New App Turns Them Into a Game.
A high school student in Minnesota has developed a virtual reality app that prepares children for an magnetic resonance imaging scan.
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The Robot Revolution Is Coming, and Dang Is It Cute
How adorable robots are may be a critical factor for their public acceptance.
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AI Makes New Video Games by Watching People Play Super Mario, Kirby
A machine learning system taught itself the basics of video game design by watching videos of people playing games.
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AI, Explain Yourself
It is increasingly important to understand how artificial intelligence comes to a decision.
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A New Movement in Seismology
Unused telecom fiber might be used to detect earthquakes, uncover other secrets in the soil.
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