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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.
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 | August 22, 2023
Researchers explored the octopus's neural makeup that defines its learning processes using automated tissue preparation and new machine learning reconstruction...The Jerusalem Post (Israel) From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2023
Scientists at Switzerland's ETH Zurich have formulated a "minimal manual guidance" model to train robots to learn how to open doors and dishwashers.
TechCrunch From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2023
University of California, San Diego computer scientists have proposed a method for repurposing deactivated smartphones.
University of California, San Diego From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2023
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.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 22, 2023
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.
The New York Times From ACM News | August 21, 2023
To power artificial intelligence products, start-ups and investors are taking extraordinary measures to obtain critical chips known as graphics processing units...The New York Times From ACM News | August 21, 2023
Research by scientists at the U.K.'s University of East Anglia suggests OpenAI's ChatGPT has a liberal slant.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2023
Engineers and researchers are developing a humanoid robot that can fly airplanes without requiring cockpit modifications.
EuroNews From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2023
Google is testing generative artificial intelligence technology programmed to serve as a life coach.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2023
How hard is it to prove that problems are hard to solve? Meta-complexity theorists have been asking questions like this for decades. A string of recent results...Quanta Magazine From ACM News | August 21, 2023
A simple superconducting device developed by MIT researchers could help achieve significant reductions in energy usage by high-power computing systems and potentially...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2023
Rice University and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have announced the first recipients of the Rice-IITK Strategic Collaboration Awards program, which...Rice University From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2023
Software company Vicarius unveiled vuln_GPT, a generative artificial intelligence tool that automatically identifies and repairs software vulnerabilities, at the...Dark Reading From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2023
Flexible robotic blocks developed by computer scientists at Dartmouth College, Rutgers University, and Yale University can be assembled into structures of different...Dartmouth College From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2023