In-person final exams were canceled for thousands of students this spring, so computers stepped in — to disastrous effect.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | September 9, 2020
Colleges and universities should embrace the classic tutorial system and adapt it for the online world.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 8, 2020
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2020
Demand for Chegg roughly doubled when schools shut down, but its chief executive, Dan Rosensweig, now needs to figure out how the company will adapt.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2020
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2020
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2020
A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous. His decades of warnings are gaining more attention.
...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2020
The United States can learn from other countries to track the pandemic while still protecting privacy.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 27, 2020
The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 21, 2020
We did not anticipate that the dark side of the Internet would emerge with such ferocity. Or that we would feel an urgent need to fix it.
Los Angeles Times From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2019
Code seems cold and objective, the raw logic of the internet, and Silicon Valley likes it that way.
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2019
What are your most important tech tools for reporting in Shanghai, especially with a government known for surveillance?
The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2019
When Bill Gates floated the idea of imposing a tax on robots a couple of years ago, Lawrence Summers, a former top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, called...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 25, 2019
A few years ago, the leaders of the College Board, the folks who administer the SAT college entrance exam, asked themselves a radical question: Of all the skills...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2019
The average person would have to spend 76 working days reading all of the digital privacy policies they agree to in the span of a year. Reading Amazon's terms and...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 7, 2019
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Li Yuan, a technology columnist in Hong Kong, discussed the tech she's...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 11, 2019