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A group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is one of several dozen teams enlisted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to adapt their annual...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2020
Researchers at Google have developed a four-legged robot that learned to walk completely on its own in just a few hours.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2020
Researchers at McAfee have demonstrated that adversarial machine learning can thwart autonomous driving systems.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2020
IBM upgraded the neural networks of its Project Debater system to improve the quality of evidence the argument-mining system uncovers.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2020
Louisiana State University researchers have proposed a satellite array for building a global quantum Internet to broadcast entangled photon pairs to two different...MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2020
Researchers used computer graphics software to reproduce Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi in order to study how light refracts through glass orbs.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 9, 2020
Chinese technology company Baidu outperformed Microsoft and Google in the General Language Understanding Evaluation, a benchmark for artificial intelligence comprehension...MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2020
Data shows that education technology in the United States has a negative impact at a range of grade levels.
Technology Review From ACM News | December 26, 2019
The World Health Organization's decision in May 2019 to add "gaming disorder" to its official catalog of illnesses has been called a vindication by some, though...Technology Review From ACM News | December 23, 2019
The computational power needed to train AI models is doubling at a rate seven times faster than before.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2019
Researchers have developed software that allows robots to understand verbal instructions, carry out those instructions, and report back.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2019
Twitter will ban political ads—both for candidates and for specific issues—starting November 22, according to CEO Jack Dorsey.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | October 31, 2019
At least 16 million Americans in eight states will vote on completely paperless machines in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2019
Virtual reality workplace training provider Talespin has developed virtual characters to train people in soft management skills such as firing employees.
...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2019
Microsoft warns hackers associated with Russian spy agencies are exploiting Internet-of-Things devices to infiltrate corporate networks.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 9, 2019
A new chess algorithm evaluates the quality of chess moves by analyzing the reactions of expert commentators.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2019
A new machine vision system can analyze the poses of human subjects in fine art paintings throughout history, then identify other paintings that contain people...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 7, 2019
Six autonomous six-seater shuttles will be offering free rides around a one-mile loop of New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | August 7, 2019