Communications of the ACM
Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.
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Accelerating Optical Communications with AI
Communications efficiency helps bring photonics to artificial intelligence.
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The Rise of the Chatbots
How do we keep track of the truth when bots are becoming increasingly skilled liars?
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Outsmarting Deepfake Video
Looking for truth, when "it's becoming surprisingly easy to distort reality."
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Wireless Olfactory Feedback System Lets Users Smell in VR World
Scientistsvhave created a wireless olfactory feedback system that incorporates smells into virtual and augmented reality via miniaturized odor generators (OGs)....
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AI Used to Create New Final Beatles Song, says Paul McCartney
Musician says he used technology to 'extricate' John Lennon's voice from an old demo and complete a decades-old song.
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Standards to Secure the Sensors That Power IoT
Existing security standards do not always offer sufficient protection to secure the Internet of Things.
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Using Algorithms to Deliver Disaster Aid
Ensuring the billions of dollars governments send the disaster-stricken actually get to their intended destinations.
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A.I. May Help Design Your Favorite Video Game Character
Generative A.I. is already changing how games are made, with Blizzard Entertainment training an image generator on assets from World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch...
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UK Blocks Microsoft's $69-billion Activision Deal over Cloud Gaming Concerns
The U.K. says Microsoft's remedies were not enough to end its concerns.
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How AI Is Building the Next Blockbuster Videogames
Videogame companies are using generative artificial intelligence tools to create next-generation games faster, at less cost, and with more advanced interactivity...
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AlphaFold Spreads through Protein Science
Based on machine learning, DeepMind's code now lies at the heart of a variety of protein-structure tools and workflows. It may ultimately be replaced by models...
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Locking Down Secure Open Source Software
Can even secure open source software ever be considered truly safe?
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Disney Scraps Metaverse Division As Virtual Worlds Become Yesterday's Tech Fad
History is littered with predictions about virtual reality worlds that were going to change everything.
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VR Is Revolutionizing Therapy. Why Aren't More People Using It?
VR therapy has been studied since the 1990s. But as of 2023, we're still talking about its potential.
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Generative AI's Next Frontier Is Video
Startup Runway AI Inc. has rolled out Gen 2, an artificial intelligence model that produces short video clips based on brief user prompts.
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Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery
Finding novel materials needs more than pure machine learning.
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AI Rewrites Coding
Even as software grows increasingly complex, artificial intelligence helps to simplify and automate coding tasks.
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. . . And the Computer Plays Along
Software can improvise on the spot to accompany the performance of live musicians.
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