Communications of the ACM
Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
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At least 50 U.S. Government Employees Targeted with Phone Spyware Overseas
White House bans federal agencies from using spyware that poses national security and human rights risks in the U.S.
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GitHub Launches GPT-4-Powered Copilot Coding Assistant
Software developer hosting service GitHub launched a new version of its Copilot coding assistant powered by the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) multimodal...
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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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Crewless Container Ships Appear on the Horizon
The Norwegian container ship Yara Birkeland eventually will be a crewless vessel that navigates via radar and cameras, feeding sensor data to artificial intelligence...
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Hackers Drain Bitcoin ATMs of $1.5 Million by Exploiting 0-Day Bug
General Bytes reported that over $1.5 million in bitcoin was drained from Internet-accessible wallets via its bitcoin ATMs by hackers that exploited a previously...
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Yes, ChatGPT Is Coming for Your Office Job
White-collar workers may soon face the AI disruption everyone's been panicking about. But the news may be better than you think.
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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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Capturing What is Said
Artificial intelligence is boosting the capabilities of automatic speech recognition.
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Python-Based Compiler Achieves Performance Speedups
The Codon compiler, from a team led by researchers from MIT CSAIL, allows developers to create new domain-specific languages within Python while achieving performance...
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South Korean Girl Band Offers Glimpse into Metaverse
South Korean girl quartet MAVE: exists exclusively in the metaverse.
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What The First Lung Delivered by Drone Means for Transplant Science
The first successful delivery of a human donor lung by aerial drone in Toronto, Canada, has implications for the future of transplant science.
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VR Trains Responders for Mass Casualty Events
Ohio State University said researchers at its College of Medicine have developed a virtual reality training program that represents a mass casualty event realistically...
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Stealthy UEFI Malware Bypassing Secure Boot Enabled by Unpatchable Windows Flaw
Researchers at Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET have found the first real-world case of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface malware that can take over a computer's...
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The Next Hot Housing Market Is in the Metaverse
Real estate builders and investors envision the metaverse as the new housing market, with contractors like Gabe Sierra offering virtual twins of the properties...
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Using A.I. to Detect Breast Cancer That Doctors Miss
Hungary has become a major testing ground for A.I. software to spot cancer, as doctors debate whether the technology will replace them in medical jobs.
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DHS' Biometric Rally Reveals Strong Capabilities Reliant on Camera Configuration
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate released results from its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally to assess the accuracy of facial...
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Tesla Pauses Rollout of Driving-Assist Software
The Full Self-Driving Beta system is subject to a recall in the U.S. involving 363,000 vehicles.
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German Court Rules Police Use of Crimefighting Software Unlawful
A top German court has ruled that police use of automated data analysis to prevent crime in some German states violates their constitutions.
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In the Metaverse, Your Identity Can Be Revealed Just by Moving
University of California, Berkeley researchers found simple head and hand movements by participants in the Metaverse can expose their identities.
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