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.
From Communications of the ACM
Adding Smarts to Vending Machines Drives Convenience, Efficiency
Advanced feature sets and functionality are projected to drive the market for connected vending to nearly nine million units by 2024.
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Generative AI Helping Boost Productivity of Some Software Developers
Enterprise technology chiefs still have questions about the security and governance of the code-writing programs.
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Amazon Is Already Selling Tons of Books Written by AI
"This is something we really need to be worried about, these books will flood the market and a lot of authors are going to be out of work."
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German Constitutional Court Strikes Down Predictive Algorithms for Policing
The systems were deemed unconstitutional as they violated the right to informational self-determination.
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Microsoft's AI Chatbot is Going Off the Rails
Big Tech is heralding chatbots as the next frontier. Why did Microsoft's start accosting its users?
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The Whale Prosthetics Blaze Trails with Technology
Makeup artist Adrien Morot used digital sculpting and three-dimensional printing to transform actor Brendan Fraser into the 600-pound protagonist of the movie The...
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Tesla Recalls All 362,758 Vehicles with Full Self-Driving Beta because It 'May Cause Crashes'
The recall notice applies to certain 2016-2023 Model S, Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, and 2020-2023 Model Y vehicles.
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Love Bytes
Georgia State University researchers are exposing how scammers exploit dating applications to defraud victims.
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U.S. Air Force Successfully Tests AI-Controlled Jet Fighter
The U.S. Air Force said the X-62A VISTA (Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft) autonomous jet fighter had 17 hours of flight testing.
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U.S. Border Patrol Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data
After 16 years, the agency has implemented the software to cryptographically verify digital passport data—and it's already caught a dozen alleged fraudsters.
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AI-Powered Bing Chat Loses its Mind When Fed Ars Technica Article
"It is a hoax that has been created by someone who wants to harm me or my service."
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Ingestible Sensor Could Help Doctors Pinpoint GI Difficulties
An ingestible sensor can be monitored as it travels through the digestive tract, helping doctors to diagnose gastrointestinal ailments more precisely.
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Surfing the Research Data Wave
A new data exchange format aims to provide a means for accessing and reusing large volumes of complex research data.
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The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT's Stunning Results on the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam
The AI software was able to achieve passing scores for the exam, which usually requires years of medical training.
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Team Refines Precision of Medical Needles in Surgical Simulation
Computationally efficient mathematical models aim to improve the accuracy of flexible medical needles used in surgical simulation without adding unnecessary steps...
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Undersea Fiber-Optic Cables Can Help Predict Earthquakes
An international team of researchers at Israel's Hebrew University of Jerusalem found undersea fiber-optic cables can detect earthquakes occurring at sea 30 seconds...
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Computing Guru Criticizes ChatGPT AI Tech for Making Things Up
Vint Cerf, who helped create the Internet's core network technology, hopes engineers can improve artificial intelligence's shortcoming.
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Ambient IoT Gets Down to Business
Highly flexible, inexpensive low-energy sensors combined with pervasive connectivity and artificial intelligence deliver real-time triggers without human intervention...
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3D Modeling Tool Recreates a Landscape's Digital Twin
An automated framework developed by Charalambos Poullis and Qiao Chen at Canada's Concordia University can three-dimensionally (3D)-simulate large-scale landscapes...
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