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.
A study by UNESCO found "staggering" global education inequity due to overreliance on remote learning technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2023
U.S. aerospace company Redwire said it has three-dimensionally-printed a human body part in space for the first time.
Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2023
He spent decades working on artificial intelligence, striving to create computers that could replicate common sense.
The New York Times From ACM News | September 7, 2023
Computer scientists claim to have created the first algorithm for seamlessly concealing messages in realistic text, images, or audio.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
A study by researchers at Canada's University of British Columbia found that a period of gradual transition will be necessary for road users to feel comfortable...UBC News (Canada) From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
Scientists in South Korea compared a custom robotic system developed for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coil placement to traditional manual methods in...News-Medical.net From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
Researchers developed a graph neural network that reliably matched human volunteers' identification of 55 odors, then predicted the smells of 500,000 additional...Science From ACM TechNews | September 6, 2023
Researchers at Cornell and Brown universities found that wearers of augmented reality or smart glasses hold certain advantages, according to non-wearers.
Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2023
In the AI era, publishers are more aggressively blocking crawlers because there's no upside, for now, in handing over their data to AI companies.
Axios From ACM News | August 31, 2023
The new HoloBoard system can be paired with Microsoft's HoloLens 2 augmented reality device to help non-speaking autistic individuals improve their motor skills...University of Calgary (Canada) From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2023
The U.K.'s National Quantum Computing Centre recently held its second quantum hackathon at the University of Birmingham,
Physics World From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2023
The 2022 State of Rust Survey published earlier this month found more developers using the programming language than ever before.
InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2023
Despite receiving recent approval to expand their robotaxi services in San Francisco, Waymo and Cruise continue to face backlash over traffic and safety concerns...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2023
Exploring ways to supplement conventional computer vision data with metadata collected from physics-based sensors and systems.
Samuel Greengard From ACM News | August 31, 2023
South Koreans are anxious over a flood of cheap Chinese robot waiters amid labor shortages, population declines, and growing rivalry with Chinese technology firms...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2023