Vector databases, commonly used for similarity search and product recommendations, are a shining light in the era of Artificial…
From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Researchers using machine learning to analyze daily pneumonia cases in an intensive care unit gained surprising insights about COVID-19 patients.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2023
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a way to three-dimensionally (3D)-print carbon dioxide capture filters.
NC State University News From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2023
Citizen scientists mined radio astronomy data from the ThunderKAT survey to discover new sources of sporadic space emissions that computer algorithms missed.
Physics Magazine From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2023
Service robot company Serve Robotics said Uber Eats will deploy up to 2,000 of its food-delivery robots to deliver food in cities in the U.S. and Canada by next...New Atlas From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2023
Engineers have created a centipede-like walking robot that can navigate through dynamic instability.
Research at Osaka University (Japan) From ACM TechNews | June 6, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a massive lawsuit Monday against the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange and its founder.
The Hill From ACM News | June 6, 2023
A study published last week suggests built-in software bias may be responsible for the underdiagnosis of lung problems among Black men.
Associated Press From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2023
The RobotSweater machine-knitted textile "skin" can sense contact and pressure to make a robot "smarter during its interaction with humans."
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2023
An international team of researchers developed an acoustic metasurface-based holography technique, which they tested by recreating the Mona Lisa.
AIP Publishing From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2023
Stanford University researchers developed OpinionQA to evaluate bias in language models.
Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered AI From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2023
Chief information officers could see their job getting more complex even as generative AI makes software development easier.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 1, 2023
The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back.
Sandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | June 1, 2023
New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in workforce decisions.
The New York Times From ACM News | May 31, 2023
Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software, tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.
The New York Times From ACM News | May 31, 2023
An inexpensive plastic fingertip clip and custom smartphone app works with a smartphone's camera and flash to measure the user's blood pressure.
UC San Diego Today From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2023
An update rolled out by the Ethereum cryptocurrency reduced the energy needed to produce it, and also fixed a security flaw.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023
Researchers deployed an underwater robot to listen for endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming near the Georgia port of Savannah.
90.1 FM WABE From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023