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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Replacing Your Boss With a Cruel Robot Could Make You Concentrate More
A mean robot could motivate human employees to improve their cognitive performance, compared to supervision by a friendly robot or no robot supervision, researchers...
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Anti-Swearing AI Takes the Edge Off Abuse on Reddit and Twitter
IBM researchers have developed a system that translates offensive comments on social media into more polite language, while keeping the content intact.
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The Way Toddlers Waddle Can Teach Robot Footballers How to Play
A team of researchers has found that a team of robot football (soccer) players trained to mimic how infant humans walk can beat other robots trained on geometric...
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Eye Scanner Can Tell If You've Mastered a Foreign Language
A new algorithm monitors a person's unconscious eye movements as they read, to assess their proficiency in a foreign language.
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Flying Beetle Cyborgs Guided With Tiny Battery-Powered Backpacks
Researchers in Singapore have developed cyborg flying beetles.
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.S. Army Makes a Virtual North Korea for Training
The U.S. Army is creating a virtual duplicate of our planet in which to drill troops.
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Robot Physical Therapist Helps People Walk Again After a Stroke
A new smart harness uses artificial intelligence to help people regain their mobility following certain neurological injuries.
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Bias Test to Prevent Algorithms Discriminating nfairly
Researchers are developing a framework to identify and eliminate algorithmic bias.
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Drones Inspired By Insects Could Keep Flying Even When Damaged
Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands programmed a robotic fly to mimic insects with different levels of wing damage, enabling them to examine...
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Lazy Coders Are Training Artificial Intelligences to Be Sexist
Artificial intelligence systems can form flawed and stereotypical word associations by learning from biased data samples.
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Revealed: Google's Plan For Quantum Computer Supremacy
Somewhere in California, Google is building a device that will usher in a new era for computing.
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Silicon Fingerprint on Chips Could Make Any Gadget Unhackable
Has your bank recently sent you a credit or debit card with a chip in it? If so, you may now be in possession of a little piece of tech that is quietly helping...
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Checklist of Worst-Case Scenarios Could Help Prepare For Evil AI
University of Louisville researcher Roman Yampolskiy and hacktivist Federico Pistono are examining worst-case scenarios for a potential malevolent artificial intelligence...
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Taskmaster Robots Watch While You Work in Case You Miss a Step
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step.
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AI Interns: Software Already Taking Jobs from Humans
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.
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The Plan to Find Alien Life in Europa's Icy Seas
How do you solve a problem like Europa?
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Wearable Tech Lets Boss Track Your Work, Rest and Play
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.
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Space Diaries Reveal 6 Things on an Astronaut's Mind
While you are in space, could you keep a diary?
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Social Media Helps Aid Efforts After Typhoon Haiyan
Ten million people affected. Half a million displaced. Ten thousand feared dead.
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