Communications of the ACM
Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy, and Protecting Free Speech
Proposing a framework for a decentralized market where no one party controls the flow of information.
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A Turning Point for Cyber Insurance
Technologists who understand and measure cyber risk can motivate policyholders to improve security.
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A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic Recommendations
Reconsidering liability shield considerations.
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What's Next for Quantum Computing?
Companies are moving away from setting qubit records in favor of practical hardware and long-term goals.
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The False Promise of America's CHIPS Act
It is doubtful that large subsidies and government management will keep U.S. chip makers on top.
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The 'End of Crypto'? Not So Fast
The trust lost in the FTX debacle will take years to rebuild, but it is certainly not the end of crypto.
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Should Quantum Computing Be on IT’s Strategic Roadmap?
Quantum computing is far from being a mature technology, but now is the time to pencil it into IT strategic roadmaps.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights? A Lawyer's Response
Robots are hardware and software packages that lack a nature or any abilities outside of whatever their designers imagine.
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Why Don't Robots Have Rights?
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
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An Emergent Legal Right to Repair Electronic Devices
Parsing the fine print on repair tolerances.
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These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For
Considering copyright licensing issues involving non-fungible tokens to manage creative works.
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Recent Dip in Chip Demand Will Not Doom CHIPS-Plus Act
However, critics still have plenty of reasons to be skeptical about the subsidies.
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The U.S. Needs Its Own Chips
Regardless of what happens between Taiwan and China, the U.S. needs to be prepared.
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Virtual Reality Stinks Because It Does Not Smell
For VR to feel truly immersive, it needs to start stinking it up.
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The CHIPS Act Will Not Solve the Chip Shortage
The U.S. is betting billions to spur semiconductor manufacturing.
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AI Researchers Building Surveillance Tech and Deep Fakes Resist Ethical Concerns
The computer vision research community is behind on AI ethics, but it is not just a research problem.
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The Latin of Software Code Is Thriving
Next time you laugh at musty old tech, remember that new technologies are often built on it.
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Semiconductor Dependency Imperils American Security
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is only the first step in preventing Chinese dominance.
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Apple's Challenge to Virtualization Software
Is it okay for security researchers to virtualize software to look for vulnerabilities?
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Why Robots Need to See
Cameras and vision-based perception will increasingly serve as the technological underpinning for mobile robots going forward.12