Communications of the ACM
Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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Wearable Optical Device Shows Promise for Detecting Postpartum Hemorrhage
A wearable optical device developed by Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) researchers can detect postpartum hemorrhage early.
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Scientists Closer to Finding a Test for Long COVID
A multi-institutional team of scientists may have discovered biomarkers of long COVID that could lay the groundwork for a diagnostic test.
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Getting Audio from Still Images, Silent Videos
A machine learning tool developed at Northeastern University can obtain audio from still images and muted videos.
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Sentinel Satellites Map Methane Super-Emitters
An international team of researchers has developed an algorithm that uses machine learning to automatically detect methane super-emitter plumes in data from satellites...
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Biomedical Digital Twins
Considering the transformative possibilities of simulated models of biological phenomena and systems at multiple scales.
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The Fight to Repair
How the battle over the right to repair is tipping in favor of consumers.
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Using Psychology to Bolster Cybersecurity
Getting into the minds of attackers to protect the enterprise.
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3D Insights into an Innovative Manufacturing Process
Researchers used three-dimensional (3D) tomography to document the laser-based power bed fusion process of 3D printing at the microscopic level.
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Amazon Adapts Cashierless Tech for Clothing Stores
A new version of retail giant Amazon's Just Walk Out cashierless shopping technology for clothing vendors keeps track of apparel via radio-frequency identification...
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Driverless Car Company Using Chatbots to Make Its Vehicles Smarter
U.K.-based driverless car company Wayve has tapped chatbot technology to question its vehicles about their driving decisions.
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How Scientists Are Cracking Historical Codes to Reveal Lost Secrets
The DECRYPT project, a collaboration of linguists and computer scientists, aims to automate the process of cracking historical ciphers.
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Study Decodes Surprising Approach Mice Take in Learning
Neuroscientists studied the behavior of mice in a learn-reward situation, with the aim of teaching the mice to turn a wheel left or right to receive a reward.
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See-Through Sensors Hide Eye-Tracking in Plain Sight
Semi-transparent image sensors could be incorporated into eyeglasses or curved windshields in front of a user's eyes, with their readout electronics positioned...
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Japan's SLIM Moon Lander Is Carrying a Transforming Ball Robot
Last week, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Smart Lander for Investigation Moon probe with a small, spherical lunar explorer aboard.
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Drones Tackle Shark Safety on New York's Beaches
Safety officials at New York's Jones Beach are using drones to monitor for potential human-shark interactions.
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Brain Surgery Visualization using NavTech from Self-Driving Cars
Scientists created a real-time endoscopic neurosurgery guidance method similar to the navigational technologies used in autonomous cars.
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Helping Computer Vision, Language Models Understand What They See
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other researchers developed a technique that uses computer-generated data to help vision and language models better understand...
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Researchers Discover Thousands of Transformable Knots
Researchers discovered thousands of new transformable knots via a computational pipeline combining randomized spatial sampling and physics modeling.
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AI Project Imagines Adult Faces of Children Who Disappeared During Argentina's Military Dictatorship
Argentine publicist Santiago Barros uses an app to produce images of what children taken from their parents during Argentina's military dictatorship might look...
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