Communications of the ACM
The Real Action for Tech Regulation Is Far from Washington, D.C.
Congress doesn't seem ready to take on privacy or competition, but states are refusing to wait around
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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A Case for Banning Facial Recognition
A Google research scientist explains why she thinks the police shouldn't use facial recognition software.
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Towards One Database to Rule Them All
Databases have become silos and this needs to change, says graph guru Marko Rodriguez.
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The Art of AI
Although popular narratives tend to focus on threats posed by artificial intelligence, many of the technology's dangers have been overhyped, its promises neglected...
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The Art of AI
Although popular narratives tend to focus on threats posed by artificial intelligence, many of the technology's dangers have been overhyped, its promises neglected...
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The Robot Artists Aren’t Coming
Artificial intelligence is making machines more creative — but machines don't make art.
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BCS calls for computer coding in scientific research to be more professional
A BCS position paper finds the software coding practices of non-computer-science scientists to be insufficiently professional.
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Technology Adoption
The S-shaped curve of technology adoption is a welcome recurrence in an otherwise chaotic adoption world.
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A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans
A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous. His decades of warnings are gaining more attention. ...
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Why Is Facebook So Afraid of Checking Facts?
The biggest social network in the world has the wrong idea for how to fight Covid-19 conspiracies.
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Why Zoom Is Terrible
There's a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled.
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Machine Learning Engineers Will Not Exist In 10 Years.
The landscape is evolving quickly.
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The First Modern Pandemic
Bill Gates considers the scientific advances needed to stop COVID-19.
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When Technology Goes Awry
On engineers' obligation to tame their creations.
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Contactless Sociability and Hybrid Communities of Place
What will the world be like after the COVID-19 crisis? A contactless sociality solves problems using the digital network and physical proximity.
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How to (Carefully) Use Tech to Contain the Coronavirus
The United States can learn from other countries to track the pandemic while still protecting privacy.
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The Role of Robotics in Managing Public Health and Infectious Diseases
As the COVID-19 epidemic escalates, robots have the potential to be deployed for disinfection, delivering medications and food, measuring vital signs, and assisting...
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