Communications of the ACM
Breaking Up a Digital Monopoly
How to decompose a vertically integrated digital monopoly to enable competitive services based on a shared data structure.
From ACM Opinion
Is AI Threatened by Too Little Data?
Knowing when to limit your data dramatically affects the quality of your artificial intelligence.
From ACM Opinion
Bitcoin Isn't Going to Change
There's no evidence that Bitcoin's key players are interested in switching from proof-of-work to energy-saving proof of stake.
From Communications of the ACM
Two Paths for Digital Disability Law
Understanding the legal drivers of efforts to make technology accessible.
From ACM Opinion
The Missing Voices in Natural Language Processing
Who and what is being represented in the data and development of NLP models?
From ACM Opinion
How Compute and the Climate Go Hand-in-Hand
Data is critical to the success of all climate tech projects, whether to drive development or improve efficiency.
From Communications of the ACM
Communications' Digital Initiative and Its First Digital Event
How AI and science are shaping each other.
From ACM Opinion
Security: The Lock and the Key to Blockchain's Future
For blockchain technology to fulfill its full potential, the security standard needs to mature
From ACM Opinion
The Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
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Futures of Digital Governance
Seeking to increase the interoperability among the technical and social sciences toward new forms of governance associated with digital technology.
From Communications of the ACM
Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
From ACM Opinion
China's 5G Soars over America's
In some U.S. cities, 5G is slower than the old 4G system; Washington must make it a priority
From ACM Opinion
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Datasets
Retired and redacted datasets flagged as harmful or biased continue to rear their ugly heads
From ACM Opinion
Why Better AI May Depend on Fake Data
Synthetic data can provide AI with a broader education than real-world data, but challenges exist
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2021 Was the Year of Monster AI Models
GPT-3 kicked off a new trend in AI for bigger and bigger models, but how large will they get?
From Communications of the ACM
Artificial Intelligence Across Company Borders
Enabling effective cross-company AI without data disclosure.
From Communications of the ACM
Addressing Algorithmic Discrimination
Considering the intersection of technical design and civil rights when building and using classification algorithms.
From ACM Opinion
Log4j Vulnerability: Why Your Hot Take on It Is Wrong
Log4j vulnerability is too complex to be boiled down to just single cause
From ACM Opinion
The Dream of U.S.-Made Computer Chips
Before we invest in making more chips on U.S. soil, we should be asking what we're trying to achieve
From ACM Opinion
AWS Has a Sexy New Modernization Play: Mainframes
AWS announced a range of cool services at re:Invent 2021, but none more important than its Mainframe Modernization service
From ACM Opinion