Communications of the ACM
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New Threats to Society from Free-Speech Social Media Platforms
Understanding emerging threats from social media platforms.
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How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation
Factoring the slowing up of startups.
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Barbershop Computing
Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.
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Certification of Safety-Critical Systems
Seeking new approaches toward ensuring the safety of software-intensive systems.
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Generative AI as a New Innovation Platform
Considering the stability and longevity of a potential new foundational technology.
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Closing Our Digital Divides
Seeking a more efficient path to improved broadband Internet access.
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Can Crowdsourcing Rescue the Social Marketplace of Ideas?
How collaborative designs and community-based moderation could improve social media.
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Rebutting Rebuttals
Evaluating the impact of the conference review rebuttal process.
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We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It Is Shared
Toward better understanding of the different ways data circulates between users and platforms.
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Dilemma of the Artificial Intelligence Regulatory Landscape
Navigating the complex and varying AI regulatory landscape.
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The Smallness of Large Language Models
There is so much more to language and human beings than large language models can possibly master.
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Alexey Makarin on Why Social Media Harms Youth Mental Health
MIT Professor Alexey Makarin, whose research was cited in Social Media and Youth Mental Health, a recent advisory report by the U.S. surgeon general, discusses...
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Alexey Makarin on Why Social Media Harms Youth Mental Health
MIT Professor Alexey Makarin, whose research was cited in Social Media and Youth Mental Health, a recent advisory report by the U.S. surgeon general, discusses...
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Francis Enyi on Bridging the Healthcare Deficit in Africa
Francis Enyi, a senior program analyst with Delta State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeri, discusses how his team of software developers, medical personnel...
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Francis Enyi on Bridging the Healthcare Deficit in Africa
Francis Enyi, a senior program analyst with Delta State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeri, discusses how his team of software developers, medical personnel...
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Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots
Parsing the promise of language-capable robots.
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Improving Computing Education Research through Valuing Design
Exploring alternatives to existing research systems and methods.
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