Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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A Robot Scientist Will Dream p New Materials to Advance Computing and Fight Pollution
In a laboratory that overlooks a busy shopping street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a robot is attempting to create new materials.
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sing Wi-Fi to 'See' Behind Closed Doors Is Easier than Anyone Thought
Wi-Fi fills our world with radio waves. In your home, in the office, and increasingly on city streets, humans are bathed in a constant background field of 2.4-...
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The .S. Pushes to Build nhackable Quantum Networks
A few years ago, Edward Snowden, a contractor working for the US National Security Agency, leaked documents that showed the ways in which intelligence agenciestapped...
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The First 'Social Network' of Brains Lets Three People Transmit Thoughts to Each Other's Heads
University of Washington in Seattle researchers have developed a brain-to-brain network that transmits thoughts among members of a group.
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China's Leaders Are Softening Their Stance on AI
China might be at loggerheads with the United States over trade, but it is calling for a friendlier approach to the development of artificial intelligence.
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Soon Your Doctor Will Be Able to Wirelessly Track Your Health—Even Through Walls
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has created a box that, when placed in a user's home, can track his/her physiological signals, even through walls...
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The 'Neuropolitics' Consultants Who Hack Voters' Brains
Maria Pocovi slides her laptop over to me with the webcam switched on.
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.S. Defense Department Produces First Tools for Catching Deepfakes
U.S. Defense researchers say they have created the first forensic tools for catching fake videos, known as "deepfakes," created with artificial intelligence.
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The Defense Department Has Produced the First Tools for Catching Deepfakes
The first forensics tools for catching revenge porn and fake news created with AI have been developed through a program run by the US Defense Department.
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An AI-Driven Robot Hand Spent a Hundred Years Teaching Itself to Rotate a Cube
AI researchers have demonstrated a self-teaching algorithm that gives a robot hand remarkable new dexterity.
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Hordes of Research Robots Could Be Hijacked for Fun and Sabotage
Many experimental robots that live in research laboratories around the world may be wide open to hackers.
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This Algorithm Can Tell Which Number Sequences a Human Will Find Interesting
A new machine learning algorithm can spot specific patterns in mathematical structures and apply them to extract interesting sequences from randomly generated ones...
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AI Could Get 100 Times More Energy-Efficient with IBM's New Artificial Synapses
Neural networks are the crown jewel of the AI boom. They gorge on data and do things like transcribe speech or describe images with near-perfect accuracy (see "10...
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The S Military Is Funding an Effort to Catch Deepfakes and Other AI Trickery
Think that AI will help put a stop to fake news? The US military isn't so sure.
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Facebook Helped Create an AI Scavenger Hunt That Could Lead to the First seful Home Robots
Researchers have developed a scavenger hunt that could help artificial intelligence programs develop common sense.
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Computer Scientists Find the Longest Straight Line You Could Sail Without Hitting Land
A new algorithm can calculate the longest straight-line path around the world on land or sea.
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Facebook Helped Create an AI Scavenger Hunt that Could Lead to the First seful Home Robots
Artificial-intelligence programs could develop some much-needed common sense by competing in scavenger hunts inside virtual homes filled with simulated coffee tables...
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AI Can Spot Signs of Alzheimer's Before Your Family Does
Researchers are exploring machine learning as a tool for identifying signs of Alzheimer's disease that physicians and loved ones may otherwise overlook.
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Google Thinks It's Close to 'Quantum Supremacy.' Here's What That Really Means.
Seventy-two may not be a large number, but in quantum computing terms, it's massive.
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