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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Google DeepMind developed a machine-learning weather-forecasting model that outperformed the best conventional forecasting tools.
Nature From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2023
Colleges are starting the process of educating future engineers in topics such as how quantum computing hardware components work and how to write quantum computing...Nature From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2023
Cryptographers are working on data-encryption schemes strong enough to withstand attacks from future quantum computers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2023
A neural-network-based artificial intelligence outperforms ChatGPT at quickly folding new words into its lexicon, a key aspect of human intelligence.
Nature From ACM News | October 26, 2023
Officials at the U.K.'s Queen Mary University of London announced earlier this year that sensors would be installed in campus buildings. Staff and students are...Nature From ACM TechNews | October 25, 2023
A study by independent U.K. biologist Sholto David found that artificial intelligence can identify image manipulation in research papers faster and more accurately...Nature From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2023
A growing number of scientific researchers are using virtual reality (VR) technology in the lab, often to more easily collaborate with distant colleagues, or simply...Nature From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2023
A team from Australia placed second in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT, with a pink-colored robotic rover.
Nature From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2023
To smooth the path of the quantum revolution, researchers and governments must predict and prepare for the traps ahead.
Nature From ACM News | July 19, 2023
Even the scientists who have made quantum computers their life's work say they can't do anything useful yet — but the future is bright. Plus, how China's data privacy...Nature From ACM News | May 31, 2023
Some researchers envision synthetic data as not only offering content that is close enough to actual data to preserve privacy, but also enabling production of better...Nature From ACM TechNews | May 9, 2023
Authors of papers on the potential biases of artificial intelligence tools in health care are predominantly white, male and from high-income countries.
Nature From ACM News | April 5, 2023
The statcheck online tool developed by Michèle Nuijten at Tilburg University in the Netherlands has reduced statistical errors in scientific papers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2023
Google physicists have demonstrated that making their quantum code bigger can reduce the error rate of calculations.
Nature From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2023
Researchers at AI laboratory DeepMind have created an algorithm that can solve tough mathematical calculations with improved computing efficiency.
Nature From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2022
Adam Day at U.K.-based data services company Clear Skies developed a software tool that highlights potentially bogus scientific papers.
Nature From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2022
An international security conference explored how artificial intelligence technologies for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of biochemical weapons...Nature Machine Intelligence From ACM News | March 18, 2022