Communications of the ACM
New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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AI Can Spot Early Signs of a Tsunami from Atmospheric Shock Waves
Researchers found that off-the-shelf artificial intelligence (AI) models can detect the early signs of a tsunami in two-dimensional (2D) images from GPS satellites...
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AI Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat
Artificial intelligence (AI) operates the U.S. Air Force's pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft, which the military envisions as a next-generation robot...
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ML System Based on Light Could Yield More Powerful, Efficient LLMs
A team of researchers has developed a light-based machine learning system that could surpass the system behind ChatGPT in terms of power and efficiency, while also...
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Scientists Sequence Last Piece of the Human Genome: The Y Chromosome
The Telomere-to-Telomere consortium has completed sequencing the human genome by adding the fully mapped Y chromosome.
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A Stroke Stole Her Ability to Speak at 30. A.I. Is Helping to Restore It Years Later.
The brain activity of a paralyzed woman is being translated into words spoken by an avatar. This milestone could help others who have lost speech.
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Teen's Pill-Tracking Device Attracts Interest from CVS Pharmacy
U.S. pharmacy chain CVS is among those interested in a pill-tracking device created by Virginia-based high school student Archishma Marrapu.
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Making Your Phone Screen Blurry Could Stop Snooping
A new system can blur smartphone screens to prevent snooping.
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Google Algorithm Makes FIDO Encryption Safe from Quantum Computers
A post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithm developed by researchers at Google and Switzerland's ETH Zurich enables quantum-resistant encryption for FIDO2 security...
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Competing Agendas Roil Online Content Moderation Efforts
The EU and the U.S. diverge on how they handle online content moderation.
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Engineers Create Battery Alternative Using Cement, Carbon Black
Engineers have produced a supercapacitor from cement and carbon black, a development that could expedite the shift to renewable energy.
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Driverless Cars May Struggle to Spot Children, Dark-Skinned People
Scientists evaluated eight artificial intelligence-based pedestrian detectors used in driverless car research, and found they may have difficulty detecting children...
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Historic Algorithms Help Unlock Shortest-Path Problem Breakthrough
By revisiting key algorithms from computing, a team unlocked hidden efficiency in a long-standing computer science problem.
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Shining a Light on the Dark Web
How the Dark Web continues to operate, and why law enforcement will not shut it down anytime soon.
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Distilling What We Know
Researchers look to cut large GPT models down to size.
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The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a U.S. Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence to prepare for the next...
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Octopus' Complex Cells Are Key to Their High Intelligence
Researchers explored the octopus's neural makeup that defines its learning processes using automated tissue preparation and new machine learning reconstruction...
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Researchers Helping Robots Teach Themselves to Open Dishwashers, Doors
Scientists at Switzerland's ETH Zurich have formulated a "minimal manual guidance" model to train robots to learn how to open doors and dishwashers.
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UC San Diego Computer Scientists Tackle Annual Waste of 1.5 Billion Junked Smartphones
University of California, San Diego computer scientists have proposed a method for repurposing deactivated smartphones.
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An AI Scans Eyes to Spot Parkinson's Years Before Diagnosis
Turns out the windows to the soul can teach us a lot about our own health.
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