Despite concerns, autonomous AI weapons and defense systems for military applications are on the rise.
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The overriding philosophy of computing pioneer Niklaus Wirth, who died on January 1, 2024, was that systems should be simple, efficient, and “elegant.”
Transitioning from classic 'programmed automation' to modern 'AI-powered autonomy.'
The Battle to Mitigate E-Waste
As electronic waste grows by the metric ton, companies and citizens work to stem the tide.
After years and many attempts to build out a metaverse and make use of it, is there anything out there?
If We Could Talk to the Animals
Can artificial intelligence overcome the communication barriers between species?
By Eugene H. Spafford, with assistance by Simson Garfinkel John Rischard Rice, a leading scientist and educator, died at home on Jan. 7, 2024. Rice was the W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and a professor of mathematics at Purdue University. Rice was born June 6, 1934, in Tulsa, OK, to Margaret […]
Governments Are Spying on Your Push Notifications
Companies are being compelled to turn over potentially valuable push notification metadata to authorities.
The apparent ability of LLMs to write functioning source code has simultaneously caused celebration over the potential for massive increases in programmer productivity and consternation among teachers.
Do You Think the Chatbot Likes Me?
Artificial intelligence chatbots increasingly are being given distinct personalities, to increase the appeal of interacting with them.
Algorithmic Advance: the Group Isomorphism Problem
Exploring a potential way to immensely speed up algorithms for the group isomorphism problem.
Susan Landau Awarded AMS Bertrand Russell Prize
Landau was awarded the 2024 Bertrand Russell Prize for writing technical research papers and op-eds, publishing public-facing work, briefing policymakers, and participating in national studies. Susan Landau has received several awards in her career as an expert in computer privacy and security, but the most recent, the 2024 Bertrand Russell Prize of the American Mathematical […]
AI Deepnets Throw Light on Ancient History
Artificial Intelligence helps us read the previously unreadable.
Generative artificial intelligence and the law: there is no turning back.
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