Advances in artificial intelligence permit computers to converse with humans in seemingly realistic ways.
Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2023
When fed a sufficient amount of training data, artificial intelligence techniques can be used to generate new ideas in several different ways. Is that creativity...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2023
Google's management issued a "code red" in response to the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT and its potential to disrupt the tech industry, and Google's search business...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | December 29, 2022
Russia has accelerated its jamming of GPS satellites around Moscow, apparently to deter long-range strikes by Ukrainian drones, according to GPSJam.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 27, 2022
Virtual meetings have mixed effects on employee productivity, creativity, and relationships.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2022
Measurement has driven research groups to home in on the most popular datasets, but that may change as metrics shift to real-world quality.
Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2022
The embrace by some conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists is part of a broader effort to shift people away from Big Tech.
The New York Times From ACM News | March 1, 2022
University of Washington researchers have disproved Google's claims it corrected gender biases for certain job terms in its image search.
University of Washington News From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2022
Google routinely restricts in-depth information until a majority of users have had the chance to apply the update, which will be rolled out in the near future.
...Forbes From ACM News | February 15, 2022
A focus on causality is promising to help researchers overcome shortcomings that have bedeviled more traditional approaches to artificial intelligence.
Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2022
Errors and biases in artificial intelligence systems often reflect the data used to train them.
Don Monroe From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2021
The cost of powering streaming and other rapidly growing online services will not "take down the Internet."
Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2021
Researchers at Germany's Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Russia's Ural Federal University found search engines often return inaccurate health information...Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2021
Research by neuroscientists suggests the latest predictive language models' underlying mechanism functions similarly to the human brain's language-processing centers...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2021
Key questions and challenges remain, including how to scale qubit devices while reducing noise and errors to the point where the devices become useful.
Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2021
Social media "influencers" use augmented reality filtering apps to appear more beautiful, together, and cool. Results may vary.
Esther Shein From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2021