Trucks that can drive themselves along delivery routes. Computers capable of defeating world champions in a notoriously complex game. Apps that can translate sentences...Time From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2017
Ten years ago, Nokia was the world's largest phone maker. Microsoft was gearing up to launch Windows Vista. And the best new products at CES included a wireless...CNET From ACM Opinion | January 9, 2017
Social and cultural conventions are an often-neglected aspect of intelligent-machine development.
Jerry Kaplan From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2017
For decades Hollywood has treated computers as magic boxes from which endless plot points could be conjured, in denial of all common sense.
Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 7, 2016
I've long suspected that Mark Zuckerberg, who often refers to himself as the "leader" of Facebook, has dreams of high office.
BBC News From ACM Opinion | November 21, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump could eviscerate some of the most significant tech policies of the 21st century, all but erasing President Obama's Internet agenda...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | November 10, 2016
The self-driving car's greatest promise is that it will buy its passengers that most precious and finite of resources: time.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 13, 2016
Google is hoping to develop its Assistant, a Siri-like technology to be included on the company's new smartphones and other products, into something like the computer...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 4, 2016
"Star Trek" turns 50 on Sept. 8, and instead of buying it a fancy sports car, our mission is to boldly go down the "Star Trek" rabbit hole, or rather, wormhole,...Marketplace Tech From ACM Opinion | September 8, 2016
Seeking to make Web data "smarter" by utilizing a new kind of semantics.Abraham Bernstein, James Hendler, Natalya Noy From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2016
Calling for research on automatic oversight for artificial intelligence systems.Amitai Etzioni, Oren Etzioni From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2016
Twenty-five years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee unleashed the World Wide Web, publishing the first public webpage. Well, maybe.Wired From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2016
On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 15, 2016