As language models get more complex, they also get more expensive to create and run. Some companies are locked out.
Wired From ACM News | October 14, 2021
Fires spread with a complexity that scientists can pick apart little by little, thanks to lasers, sensors, and some of the most powerful computers.
Wired From ACM News | September 30, 2021
Machines can print textiles, cut fabric, and fold clothes, but it's hard to train them to sew as fast and precisely as humans.
Wired From ACM News | September 28, 2021
A key backer of a 2018 Oakland law to rein in tools like automated license plate readers says the city is not following the rules.
Wired From ACM News | September 27, 2021
A research paper that dubs some artificial intelligence models "foundational" is sparking a dispute over the future of the field.
Wired From ACM News | September 15, 2021
ASML's next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for...Wired From ACM News | August 31, 2021
A study by Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi at the University of California, Irvine on the potential impact of a coronal mass ejection on the global Internet finds that continent...Wired From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2021
Researchers have identified a vulnerability in a software development kit affecting more than 83 million smart devices.
Wired From ACM TechNews | August 20, 2021
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities.
Wired From ACM News | August 18, 2021
Researchers in Denmark tried a new approach to training artificial intelligence: hiring people full-time to review and label posts for training, instead of relying...Wired From ACM News | August 5, 2021
Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.
Wired From ACM News | July 26, 2021
The conservation group Island Conservation plans to use drones to try to eliminate rats on Tetiaroa atoll and two other islands in French Polynesia, beginning in...Wired From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2021
The Pentagon says a ban on AI weapons isn't necessary, But missiles, guns and drones that think for themselves already kill people in combat, and have been for...Wired From ACM News | July 12, 2021
Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance.
Wired From ACM News | July 9, 2021