ChatGPT and similar AI systems are being used in realms beyond education, but classrooms seem to be where fears about the bot's misuse — and ideas to adapt alongside...FiveThirtyEight From ACM News | January 24, 2023
Facebook's rules, the board acknowledged, are "extensive and confusing" and "often convoluted and poorly defined," requiring bizarre, subjective content moderation...Futurism From ACM News | January 23, 2023
U.K. pest control services provider Rentokil is testing facial recognition software as a tool for rat extermination.
The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | January 23, 2023
A brainwave-monitoring technique created by researchers at the U.K.'s University of Essex can identify to which specific piece of music people are listening.
University of Essex (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | January 23, 2023
Researchers at the U.K.'s Liverpool John Moores University and Egypt's Cairo University used software and a "reverse aging" process to replicate ancient Egyptian...Newsweek From ACM TechNews | January 23, 2023
"They use AI to rewrite the intros every two weeks or so because Google likes updated content. Eventually it gets so mangled that about every four months a real...Futurism From ACM News | January 23, 2023
Researchers can now find the shortest route through a network nearly as fast as theoretically possible, even when some steps can cancel out others.
Quanta Magazine From ACM News | January 23, 2023
A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20 A.I. projects in the works.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 20, 2023
Microsoft said that its cost-cutting measures will lead to costs of around $1.2 billion in Q2, resulting from severance pay, changes to its hardware portfolio and...TechCrunch From ACM News | January 20, 2023
Netherlands government and educational institutions have pushed big tech companies to make significant privacy changes by negotiating their compliance with European...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 20, 2023
ACM has named 57 of its members Fellows for their exceptional contributions to fields as diverse as cybersecurity, human-computer interaction, mobile computing,...ACM From ACM TechNews | January 20, 2023
North Carolina State University's Mohammad Farazmand and Konstantinos Mamis corrected a flaw in a popular pandemic model, improving the accuracy of its predictions...North Carolina State University From ACM TechNews | January 19, 2023
Quantum states are incredibly delicate and easily destroyed. The perfect solution could lie in imperfect crystals.
Popular Mechanics From ACM News | January 18, 2023
On Jan. 13, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry François-Philippe Champagne announced Canada's National Quantum Strategy to enhance and expand...Government of Canada From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2023
A massive three-dimensional printer is being used to build what is thought to be the first 3D-printed two-story home in the U.S.
Reuters From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2023
Researchers at Germany's Technical University of Munich (TUM) adopted the pendulum's underlying mathematics to develop a model that could improve robots' drinks...Technical University of Munich (Germany) From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2023
The devices segment of Gartner's spending forecast is projected to fall 5.1% this year to roughly $685 billion, after dropping more than 10% in 2022.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 18, 2023