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In this week’s People of ACM, we interview leading AI developer Chip Huyen. Among other topics, she discusses her "Machine Learning Interviews Book," a guide for job seekers. Read here: https://t.co/3L0dGv7UXZ

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Securing Global Law Enforcement Networks Against Cyberattacks

External software can compromise confidential police records when access controls and monitoring fall short. https://t.co/LNFxNn2OQF

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AI Coding Benchmarks Need Composition Cards:
Why the same model scores 70 percent and 6 percent, and what every benchmark should ship

The audit is cheap for public benchmarks and impossible for hidden ones without disclosure.

https://t.co/cKgqQZNTaM

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Haider Warraich is "super bullish" on open source models. Why?

Check out his latest interview with ACM Bytecast. Full conversation here: https://t.co/6FQ4HcAdpi

#AIMedicine

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Click Fraud Beyond Bots: Why Better Models Are Not Enough

Digital ad fraud costs the industry over $100 billion a year, and ad spending is rising faster than defenses. https://t.co/zQG49OuZLM

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Another Proposal to Rename AI

Introducing Super Computer Intelligence as an alternative name for artificial intelligence. https://t.co/qtGvVYt4CG

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Software development is moving away from writing code line by line. Developers now manage multiple coding agents across different parts of a codebase at once. But relying on AI for programming can lead to challenges. https://t.co/FFCnTVyPxU

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Who are ACM and who do we represent?

Based on over 110,000 survey responses, this snapshot reveals a global community witnessing major generational demographic differences.

These findings matter because they help us understand not just who participates in ACM today, but also whose presence and voices are missing. Learn more here: https://t.co/0qyo5PLLkL

Join ACM and help shape the future of computing with us: https://t.co/k1PoFvEYm2

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What Voice and AI Change About My Writing

Using speech recognition and AI to overcome arthritic limitations on writing. https://t.co/VaK1h3XaOx

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"A New Era for Inside Risks," by Nancy Leveson (@MIT), who is taking over #CACMmag's Inside Risks, describes the column's evolution and future. https://t.co/oiMuSEpQMm

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"AI Finds its Way Into Backcountry Search and Rescue," by Karen Emslie/@DamnRebelBitch, describes how AI is transforming search and #rescue, and also enabling non-tech rescuers to build bespoke solutions for their teams. https://t.co/4CGedt6qIJ

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Welcome to the latest issue of Advances in Computing, your trusted source for computing news and insights!

In this issue:
✔️ Turing Laureate Vint Cerf speaks with CACM about his post-retirement initiatives and thoughts on AI agents
✔️ The potential return of oral exams with the help of voice AI
✔️ What happens when AI becomes first listener
...and more.

📩 Subscribe & share: https://t.co/G65Xq3xtt7

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How to build a paradigm-shifting machine?

Watch ACM Turing Laureate Richard Sutton and Oak Lab co-founder Khurram Javed share their views.

Source: Sequoia Capital YouTube interview - "Rich Sutton and Khurram Javed: Why AI Models Stop Learning, and How to Start It Again"

#computing #deeplearning #ACMTuringAward

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"Teaching Novice Computing and Programming in the Agentic AI Era," by @BrownCSDept's @KathiFisler, @ShriramKMurthi, and @mlittmancs, says #computing #education curricula should embrace #agenticAI while helping students learn what they need to develop code. https://t.co/8CGk8MWpno

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How Does Generative AI Change the Algorithmic Fairness Problem?

In AI fairness, one size never fits all. With generative AI, one size may fit none, demanding fundamentally new approaches to evaluate and mitigate bias.

https://t.co/ZCK6CZQ9ou

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"Communication Corner: How to Avoid Empty and Misleading Explanations." Almost every text and speech starts with more material than what makes it into the final draft. What matters is that everything included makes fundamental ideas clear and useful. https://t.co/GxENgHxPq9

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Avi Wigderson surveys the recently departed Michael Rabin's research

https://t.co/kKcSQth1ee

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Benchmarks for Data Agents

A code solution is graded on whether it runs and passes its tests. A data change needs more than that. https://t.co/npRplPhiED

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AI Finds its Way Into Backcountry Search and Rescue

AI is helping search and rescue teams locate and rescue people, and is turning some rescuers into programmers. https://t.co/dIGiFCxBIu

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The Many Lives of ELIZA

Source code preserved on fading fanfold paper became the focus of a four-year international collaboration. https://t.co/GDJBUkGLhp