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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.
Personal home robots that can socialize with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite...The Associated Press From ACM News | August 9, 2018
IBM's Watson artificial intelligence platform is analyzing players' emotions at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2018
A computer has taught itself to solve a Rubik's Cube puzzle without human aid, according to University of California, Irvine researchers.
Los Angeles Times From ACM TechNews | July 3, 2018
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2018
Since China banned fireworks across more than 400 cities to reduce pollution, a new entertainment has emerged to fill the skies: drone swarms.
Bloomberg From ACM News | June 14, 2018
Researchers have taught a machine learning neural network algorithm to render two-dimensional video clips posted on YouTube as three-dimensional images.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2018
Samuel F. Dabney, an electrical engineer who laid the groundwork for the modern video game industry as a co-founder of Atari and helped create the hit console game...The New York Times From ACM Careers | June 6, 2018
Using an artificial intelligence technique, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz discovered a way to create new levels of Super Mario Bros by...Fast Company From ACM TechNews | May 29, 2018
University of California, Irvine researchers analyzed the properties of more than 500,000 songs released over three decades to extract the most popular ones.
Los Angeles Times From ACM TechNews | May 21, 2018
Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy have found it is possible to have a deep learning algorithm create compelling new game levels in Doom...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2018
On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee published more than 3,500 Facebook and Instagram ads linked to the Russian propaganda group Internet...Wired From ACM News | May 14, 2018
At a conference in Silicon Valley this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, vowed that his company would "keep building" despite a swirl of questions...The New York Times From ACM News | May 7, 2018
Past the end of a remote mountain road, down a rutted dirt track, in a concrete house that lacked running water but bristled with smartphones, 13 members of an...The New York Times From ACM News | April 27, 2018
Researchers taught a machine to "hallucinate" its idea of the video game "Doom," then got a virtual agent to play its own dream version of the game so it could...Motherboard From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2018