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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AI That Teaches Other AI
Scientist demonstrated that robots can be trained to train other robots by sharing their knowledge.
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Google Touts AI for News, Insists Journalists Can't be Replaced
Tech giant says AI-powered tool is not intended to replace 'essential' role journalists play in covering the news.
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Want to Win a Chip War? You're Gonna Need a Lot of Water
The U.S. is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing. For the new plants to crank out silicon chips, they need to source millions of gallons of ultrapure...
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Is the Digital Dollar Dead?
Prominent politicians want to make sure a central bank digital currency never happens in the U.S.—just as we've learned the basics of how one might work.
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U.S. Program to Identify Safe Smart Devices
The Biden administration has announced a program to identify smart devices that are more resilient against cyberattacks.
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A Pink Rover Tackles the Red Planet, Barriers for Women in Science
A team from Australia placed second in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT, with a pink-colored robotic rover.
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Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand Wave
Retail giant Amazon has announced a new contactless transaction service that allows shoppers to pay with their palms.
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Thousands of Authors Urge AI Companies to Stop Using Work Without Permission
Nearly 8,000 authors just signed a letter addressed to the leaders of six AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta.
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Biosensor Offers Real-Time Dialysis Feedback
Researchers at Iran's Shahrood University of Technology engineered a new biosensor to expedite hemodialysis procedures by providing dialysis feedback in real time...
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Can VR Mimic Nature's Power to Make Us Healthier?
Scientists are investigating whether virtual reality can offer some of the health benefits of being in nature.
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Spinning Into the Future – New Waveguide Is Changing the Way Data Is Transferred, Manipulated
Physicists have pioneered a method to engineer electromagnetic spin on metasurfaces, addressing the data storage and transfer needs of an increasingly digital world...
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Face Recognition In the U.S. Is About to Meet One of Its Biggest Tests
A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America.
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A Blessing and a Boogeyman: Advertisers Warily Embrace A.I.
Many ads are easier to make with the fast-improving technology. It also poses a threat to an industry already in flux.
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White House Proposes Smart Home Cybersecurity Program
The goal of the new certification is to help consumers make choices.
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How to Introduce Quantum Computers Without Slowing Economic Growth
To smooth the path of the quantum revolution, researchers and governments must predict and prepare for the traps ahead.
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ChatGPT4 can Recognize and Read People's Faces. OpenAI Worries it Makes AI Way Too Powerful
OpenAI's ChatGPT has evolved beyond just handling text; it can now recognize and read people's faces.
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Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn't Fretting Over Who Uses It
The company said it would give outside programmers access to the latest version of its core artificial intelligence technology.
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Digital Twins Give Hydrogen a Greener Path to Growth
A researcher thinks digital twins could help lower clean hydrogen production costs by monitoring the state of hydrogen electrolyzers.
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Robot Inspired by Baby Turtles Can Swim Under Sand
A new robot inspired by turtle hatchlings can move through sand at a depth of 5 inches and a speed of 1.2 millimeters per second.
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