By knitting together multiple components and data streams, multimodal AI offers the promise of smarter, more human-like systems…
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.
Renee Grogan at mining solutions developer Impossible Metals envisions underwater robots as key to harvesting precious metals from the seafloor without harming...CBS News From ACM TechNews | August 3, 2023
Scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the University of California, Davis, three-dimensionally-printed liquid-soluble tablets.
Max Planck Gesellschaft (Germany) From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2023
The U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration detected a signal from the Voyager 2 probe more than a week after transmission ceased.
The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2023
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
Wired From ACM News | August 2, 2023
Five "intelligent" robot systems and platforms have been cleared by authorities to maintain China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)...Xinhuanet (China) From ACM TechNews | August 1, 2023
The AI Suitcase offers features that surpass those of traditional smartphone guidance systems, providing enhanced safety and environmental awareness.
The Japan Times From ACM News | July 31, 2023
The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.
The New York Times From ACM News | July 31, 2023
Our sneak peek into Google's new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
The New York Times From ACM News | July 28, 2023
Ohio State University researchers monitored traffic using cameras already installed on the Campus Area Bus Service's transit buses.
Ohio State News From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2023
The use of augmented reality in a production of the opera "Parsifal" opening Germany's Bayreuth Festival has incited a financial and philosophical dispute.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2023
An international research team engineered a sandwiched semiconductor to provide elasticity to integrated electronics.
PennState News From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2023
The research represents a possible breakthrough in quantum communications and, potentially, the onset of the era of quantum fintech.
Cointelegraph From ACM News | July 27, 2023
Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a U.S. Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence to prepare for the next...Wired From ACM News | July 26, 2023
A multi-institutional team of engineers mated a mobile robotic arm to a vision model and a large language model to create the TidyBot cleaning robot.
Princeton Engineering News From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2023
University of California, Los Angeles researchers formulated an algorithm that enhances autonomous robots' navigational abilities.
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | July 25, 2023
Looking for ways to cut the release of greenhouse gases attributable to AI use, at a time that usage is very likely to grow.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2023
Scientists four-dimensionally-printed flexible electrodes for stimulating nerves.
Technical University of Munich (Germany) From ACM TechNews | July 25, 2023