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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Why Are You Seeing So Many Bad Digital Ads Now?
Scrolling past ads has rarely been enjoyable. But in recent months, people say the experience seems so much worse.
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The People Onscreen Are Fake. The Disinformation Is Real
Computer-generated avatars created by artificial intelligence software are being used by pro-China bot accounts as part of state-aligned disinformation campaigns...
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Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots
Researchers used ChatGPT to produce clean, convincing text that repeated conspiracy theories and misleading narratives.
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Meta, Long an A.I. Leader, Tries Not to Be Left Out of the Boom
It has long had technology to rival chatbots like ChatGPT, but can't afford to back artificial intelligence that can spread misinformation and toxic content.
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At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots
Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
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Self-Driving Car Services Want to Expand in San Francisco Despite Recent Hiccups
Waymo and Cruise hope to widen their projects to more of the city. But local officials are increasingly concerned about breakdowns causing congestion.
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Will the Metaverse Be Entertaining? Ask South Korea
South Korea's entertainment industry is producing virtual content as a gateway into the metaverse.
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Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight
A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20 A.I. projects in the works.
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How the Netherlands Is Taming Big Tech
Netherlands government and educational institutions have pushed big tech companies to make significant privacy changes by negotiating their compliance with European...
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Crypto Meltdown, What Crypto Meltdown?
Despite trillions of dollars of losses, a batch of bankruptcies and one very high profile arrest, blockchain's devotees remain devoted.
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AI Becoming More Conversational. But Will It Get More Honest?
Many companies and laboratories are tapping artificial intelligence to develop more sophisticated chatbots.
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Are We Living in a Computer Simulation, and Can We Hack It?
A popular cosmological theory holds that the cosmos runs on quantum codes. So how hard could it be to tweak the supreme algorithm?
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Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach
With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.
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A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom
An investment frenzy over "generative artificial intelligence" has gripped Silicon Valley, as tools that generate text, images and sounds in response to short prompts...
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'Pinocchio' Built from Tiny Gears, 3D Printing
The movie Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio features stop-motion animated puppets operated by tiny gears, with the title character three-dimensionally (3D)-printed...
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U.S. Pours Money Into Chips, but Even Soaring Spending Has Limits
Amid a tech cold war with China, U.S. companies have pledged nearly $200 billion for chip manufacturing projects since early 2020. But the investments are not a...
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Is A.I. the Future of Test Prep?
Riiid is one of a handful of companies that believe that A.I. algorithms are perfectly suited to track student performance and give individualized attention.
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Brain Implants Have Begun to Restore Functions, but Advances Are Slow
But achieving full-body restoration of movement, as Elon Musk envisions with such devices, is considered far into the future, if at all.
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Japanese Company's Lunar Lander Launches to the Moon
The company, Ispace, is carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates, a Japanese robot, and other cargo in its bid to possibly be the first commercial lander...
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