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Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are
From ACM TechNews

Scientists Use Supercomputers, AI to Determine How Good (or Deadly) Your Street Drugs Are

An artificial intelligence system developed by scientists at Canada's University of Victoria can ascertain the predicted chemical composition of drugs.

Flawed Algorithm Used to Determine U.K. Welfare Payments Is 'Pushing People Into Poverty'
From ACM TechNews

Flawed Algorithm Used to Determine U.K. Welfare Payments Is 'Pushing People Into Poverty'

Human Rights Watch warns a flawed algorithm for calculating monthly social security benefits in Britain is causing hunger, debt, and psychological distress.

Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics
From ACM TechNews

Study: Only 18% of Data Science Students Are Learning AI Ethics

Only 15% of university instructors and professors surveyed are teaching artificial intelligence (AI) ethics, and just 18% of students say they are learning about...

Report: Whichever Country Claims AI Supremacy This Decade Will Rule the Earth
From ACM News

Report: Whichever Country Claims AI Supremacy This Decade Will Rule the Earth

Global economy expert Indermit Gill predicts the global leader in artificial intelligence in 2030 will go on to rule the planet for the balance of this century....

White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research
From ACM TechNews

White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research

The White House has established an Office of Science and Technology Policy subcommittee to oversee federal backing and investment for quantum technology research...

Tech Pioneer Vint Cerf on the Age of Context and Why You Can't Be a Citizen of the Internet
From ACM Opinion

Tech Pioneer Vint Cerf on the Age of Context and Why You Can't Be a Citizen of the Internet

Few people have as much claim as Vint Cerf to the title "Father of the Internet," but as the technologies he helped develop in the 1970s and 1980s become increasingly...
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