Communications of the ACM
Meta's Message Encryption Was Built to Fail
Chat between a teen and her mom about an alleged abortion helped police build their case.
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Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn?
Researchers are testing whether they can remove sensitive data without retraining AI systems from scratch
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'I Predict That the Metaverse Won't Happen'
Silicon Valley has been anticipating virtual reality for more than three decades, but people mostly like actual reality
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TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook Want to Appear Trustworthy but Don't Be Fooled
The dark side of AI systems may be harmful to users, but they are a gold mine for platforms
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How to Do Machine Learning without an Army of Data Scientists
Machine learning is still harder than it needs to be, but there are tools that can help
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How AI Struggles with Bike Lanes and Bias
Despite continued advances in AI, we still haven't solved some of its most basic problems
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The Voices of Women in Tech Are Still Being Erased
Women in computing have been silenced more often than they've been listened to
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What I Learned Surrendering My Life to Algorithms
What happens when someone leaves daily choices about music, food, wardrobe, and more up to online algorithms for a week
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Why Tesla's 'Beta Testing' Puts the Public at Risk
Elon Musk has turned American streets into a public laboratory for the company's supposed self-driving car technology
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If You Don't Trust A.I. Yet, You're Not Wrong
Americans have good reason to be skeptical of artificial intelligence
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Embodied AI, Superintelligence, and the Master Algorithm
What will take us from potential to reality in the next 18 months?
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Taxing Digital Advertising Could Help Break Up Big Tech
A novel approach to rein in the largest technology companies, encourage competition and innovation, and help democracy
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Low-Code Development Could Boost AI Adoption
Artificial intelligence is hard, but low-code options might make it much easier
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The Question Medical AI Can't Answer
It's unable to tell us why it came to a particular decision—and that's crucial information
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The Privacy Battle that Apple Isn't Fighting
California has begun enforcing a browser-level privacy setting, but you still can't find that option in Safari or iOS
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Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't Intelligent
The term "artificial intelligence" alone fuels confusion and hype, say some experts
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Computational Sustainability Meets Materials Science
Exploiting synergies between the disciplines advances both fields and can help establish a sustainable future.
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Biden's 'Antitrust Revolution' Overlooks AI—at Americans' Peril
A handful of companies have outsize influence on the world's AI. Policymakers must act now to stem the rise of powerful monopolies.
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Governing AI Safety through Independent Audits
Governance of highly automated systems is critical to garner widespread public trust
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Oh No…Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Build a Metaverse
The concept of a metaverse is intriguing, but I don't want Facebook to build it
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