CACM News

Senior Editor/News for ACM Magazines, the publications of the Association for Computing Machinery.

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The Vanishing Apprentice

AI is transforming the role of the junior developer, but as routine tasks become increasingly automated, how will the next generation of software engineers master the craft of maintaining complex systems? https://t.co/vOhUFkN5qI

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The Hidden Token Trap of Agent Orchestration

The bottleneck in agentic computing isn’t a lack of orchestration; it is the orchestration itself. https://t.co/KmdrZywumB

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The use of AI coding tools continues to accelerate even as trust declines and risks proliferate. https://t.co/hia81SPzht

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Building Qubits from Neutral Atoms
Google and others are exploring neutral atom quantum computing.
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Preventing IT Outages: How to Spot a Reliable Critical Communications Partner

Organizations must learn why outages of business-critical communications occur and how to take proactive measures. https://t.co/b8HA9zcHxI

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Investing in Workers to Work with AI

Training encourages workers to utilize AI tools to their fullest and allays fears AI will replace them. https://t.co/w26adqoJNn

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Better Than the Truth: From AI Hallucinations to Imaginations

There are situations where AI hallucinations can be productive. https://t.co/2J8INr6joT

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Teaching AI to Simulate Nature, Faster

Neural operators are finding application in multi-scale physics. https://t.co/nOiOJ7u2tN

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I Spent a Year Asking AI to Solve Math’s Hardest Problem. Here’s What Happened

An engineer describes how he used modern AI to make the P vs. NP problem more tractable. https://t.co/rAKrKdlTpC

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The Most-Used AI Agent in the World Won on Memory, Not Intelligence

The distinction between reasoning and memory matters more in production than any benchmark score acknowledges. https://t.co/xpk8ejVq3a

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Multimodal Prompts to Integrate Your Affect

Interfaces like Decision Catalyst give users feedback and more chances to reflect on how they communicate with AI systems and with others. https://t.co/6ysHhyiZQf

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Why Systems Engineering Increasingly Sets the Pace of AI Progress

AI progress has become infrastructure-bound. https://t.co/aJqhHuUX6W

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Mitigating Data Breaches

Why companies keep collecting data they’re unable to protect. https://t.co/CPGSgzkDyc

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In Memoriam: Peter G. Neumann (1932-2026)

For seven decades, Neumann chronicled how computer systems fail and patiently advocated for the principles that make them fail less often. https://t.co/LF8rVyzXfk

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Decoding Dreams with AI

Researchers are using brain scanning tools and AI to reconstruct and decipher dreams, and possibly diagnose mental health conditions. https://t.co/CzMOyY6q7u

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Good Vibes: AI Coding Tools and Platforms

Expert developers and unskilled users are tapping into the ever-expanding expertise of AI coding assistants and agents. https://t.co/CTsR2UnbrQ

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Stop Trusting Just Your Dashboard

A clear image of what success looks like is your best protection from getting fooled by pretty dashboards. https://t.co/p6gFoxVMoi

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Are AI Agents becoming Autonomous Coworkers?

It's advisable to have strong governance and security for AI agent coworkers. https://t.co/xV2SssjCD8

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The Return of Soft Skills in the Age of GenAI and Agentic Software Development

Agentic-SE encompasses both agentic coding and the use of GenAI tools in software engineering processes. https://t.co/HalZRxcYTO

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Connecting Software and Manufacturing Through APIs

The role of APIs in making connections and reducing friction. https://t.co/EzTfWH3nql