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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ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images
OpenAI has integrated a new version of its DALL-E image generator into its ChatGPT online chatbot.
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AI Brings the Robot Wingman to Aerial Combat
Artificial intelligence (AI) operates the U.S. Air Force's pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft, which the military envisions as a next-generation robot...
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A Stroke Stole Her Ability to Speak at 30. A.I. Is Helping to Restore It Years Later.
The brain activity of a paralyzed woman is being translated into words spoken by an avatar. This milestone could help others who have lost speech.
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Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song by Reading Brain Signals of Listeners
The audio sounds like it's being played underwater. Still, it's a first step toward creating more expressive devices to assist people who can't speak.
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Cruise Agrees to Reduce Driverless Car Fleet in San Francisco After Crash
A driverless Cruise taxi with a passenger collided with a fire truck Thursday night, just one week after state officials allowed the service to expand.
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Computer Scientists Tap AI to Identify Risky Apps
University of Massachusetts Amherst's Brian Levine and a dozen computer scientists have developed a computational model that evaluates customer reviews of social...
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt Military Operations
U.S. security officials say the White House is hunting for malware purportedly concealed by China within infrastructure critical to U.S. military bases.
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The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during...
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Aided by A.I. Language Models, Google's Robots Are Getting Smart
Our sneak peek into Google's new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
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Researchers Poke Holes in Safety Controls of ChatGPT and Other Chatbots
A new report indicates that the guardrails for widely used chatbots can be thwarted, leading to an increasingly unpredictable environment for the technology.
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At Wagner's Festival, New Technology Reveals a Leadership Rift
The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.
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A.I. Wrote a Housing Bill. Critics Say It's Not Intelligent
A Queens assemblyman used an artificial intelligence program to identify gaps in New York law. But the resulting bill's potential impact is murky at best.
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Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain
Russia has built a network of technology contractors to supply it with surveillance equipment in order to spy on and quash internal dissent.
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How Safe Is Your Office Air? There's One Way to Find Out
Indoor air-quality sensors installed in commercial buildings during the pandemic are now proving useful in areas affected by wildfire smoke.
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Barred from Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition
The use of facial recognition by private businesses in the U.K. is on the rise.
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A.I. May Someday Work Medical Miracles. For Now, It Helps Do Paperwork
The best use for generative A.I. in health care, doctors say, is to ease the heavy burden of documentation that takes them hours a day and contributes to burnout...
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The Race to Prevent 'the Worst Case Scenario for Machine Learning'
A.I. companies have an edge in blocking the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material. They've seen how social media companies failed.
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Doctors Are Using Chatbots in an Unexpected Way
Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate empathetically...
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