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Security is still viewed by much of the computing research community in a narrow technical context, leading to results poorly aligned with motivating real-world needs.
Cybersecurity as Illuminator for the Future of Computing Research Read More
Digital accessibility has its roots in a decades-long legal movement.
Two Paths for Digital Disability Law Read More
There is promising, if somewhat slow, progress on making facial recognition software less biased.
The Troubling Future for Facial Recognition Software Read More
We cannot put the genii back in the bottle, but we can ensure human control.
A Call to Action Read More
Superheroes worry about having their identities revealed, while the rest of us in the real world worry about surveillance technologies and how they can be easily abused.
Modern Tech Can’t Shield Your Secret Identity Read More
“If you just chain together automatic transcription, translation, and speech synthesis, you end up accumulating too many errors.”
Raising Robovoices Read More
The United States was hit by historically cold and windy Winter weather with a rare mid-latitude mid-continent cyclone, one that would undergo a process of rapid intensification called Bombogenesis, or Bomb Cyclogenesis. The event was termed “Winter Storm Elliott.” This …
Winter Storm Elliott – December, 2022 Read More
The E.U. is an early mover in the race to regulate AI, and with the draft E.U. AI Act, it has adopted an assurance-based regulatory environment using yet-to-be-defined AI assurance standards.
Trust, Regulation, and Human-in-the-Loop AI: within the European region Read More
Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent.—Freeman Dyson
Technology’s Impact on Morality Read More
Just-in-time shipping is dead. Long live supply chains stress-tested with AI digital twins.
How AI digital twins help weather the world’s supply chain nightmare Read More
Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow.
Europe’s Move Against Google Analytics Is Just the Beginning Read More
Computing upgrade paves way for planned model improvements.
U.S. to triple operational weather and climate supercomputing capacity Read More
General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, have overhauled how businesses process and handle data. Our need-to-know GDPR guide explains what the changes mean for you
What is GDPR? The summary guide to GDPR compliance in the UK Read More
Sam Zeloof combines 1970s-era machines with homemade designs. His creations show what’s possible for small-scale silicon tinkerers.
This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents’ Garage Read More
The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.
How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation Read More
The controversy over Project Maven shows the department has a serious trust problem. This is an attempt to fix that.
The Department of Defense is issuing AI ethics guidelines for tech contractors Read More
DIU launched a strategic initiative in March 2020 to implement the DoD’s Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its commercial prototyping and acquisition programs.
Responsible AI Guidelines Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense officially adopted a series of ethical principles for the use of Artificial Intelligence today following recommendations provided to Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper by the Defense Innovation Board last October.
DOD Adopts Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence Read More
Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.
How Bots Corrupted Advertising Read More
Everything you never wanted to know about the future of talking about the future.
What Is the Metaverse, Exactly? Read More