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Jun 26 2025

AI Agents in Healthcare Revolutionizing Patient Care and Clinical Decision-Making

Globally, the modern healthcare domain is experiencing rapid digitization. Technology is helping healthcare organizations overcome the common challenges faced in this domain. For instance, healthtech is helping organizations address inefficiencies in their workflow and uncertainty about how providers can move to value-based care without increasing the administrative burden. A Forrester study reveals that nearly half […]

Gaurav Belani

Architecture and Hardware

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Jun 25 2025

How AI/LLMs Can Help, Hinder Developers

How to create a coding culture that harnesses AI’s potential while preserving software integrity and security.

Michael Burch

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jun 25 2025

Empowering Sustainability in the Energy Sector through AI

A new wave of AI technologies are leading to smart, responsive energy systems that will define our green future.

Nikhil Jain

Architecture and Hardware

Jun 23 2025

How Can Vibe Coding Transform Programming Education?

Vibe coding development platforms enable an experimental, motivating approach to learning.

Yael Erez and Orit Hazzan

Architecture and Hardware

Jun 20 2025

Conflict, Montage, and AI in Data Storytelling

Answering the community's questions about cinematic data storytelling.

Angelica Lo Duca

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Jun 18 2025

Evaluating Alternative Ideas Might Get Us Away From Siloed Positions

Imagine a tool that uses AI to encourage people to see different perspectives on their writing and reading.

Ted Selker

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jun 17 2025

Tools for Writing and Thinking

Insights into the differences of writing with pen and paper, typewriters, old computers, and AI.

Henrik Skaug Sætra

Architecture and Hardware

Jun 17 2025

Claude 4’s Agency in Practice: Beyond Code Generation

My comparative testing revealed distinct approaches that suggest an "agency spectrum" for AI coding systems.

Jenil Shah

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Man Uses Laptop To Access Artificial Intelligence

Jun 16 2025

A Knockout Blow for LLMs?

Anybody who thinks LLMs are a direct route to the sort of AGI that could fundamentally transform society for the good is kidding themselves.

Gary Marcus

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jun 16 2025

Smarter Prompts for a More Sustainable Future?

Companies should embed AI usage policies into their AI strategies.

Alex Williams

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jun 13 2025

Fantasy, the Restrained AI Cousin of Hallucination

Maybe people shouldn't be surprised by GenAI stretching truth as it prioritizes a readable, plausible, or persuasive response to their prompts.

Ted Selker

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Jun 12 2025

Closing the Gap Between AI Output and Human Expectations

Exploring the gap between what's expected of AI and what it can actually deliver.

Gaurav Belani

Architecture and Hardware

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Jun 10 2025

Supply Chain Resilience Is More Important than Ever

Cascading relationships that place vendors, partners, and cloud providers into one another’s ecosystems make resilience an essential element of every node.

Alex Williams

Architecture and Hardware

Jun 10 2025

Should Universities Raise or Lower Admission Requirements for CS Programs in the Age of GenAI?

One way to address the shifts in computer science is to differentiate more clearly between research-oriented academic programs and more application-focused ones.

Orit Hazzan and Avi Salmon

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Jun 4 2025

GenAI-Assisted Fantasies

The term "hallucination" takes us away from understanding the value of GenAI connecting the things it is sure of with plausible but fantastical material.

Berry Billingsley and Ted Selker

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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May 30 2025

Deleting X: Why SIGDOC Left the Platform

The platform does not embrace communication design, privacy, and trust, the group's members say.

Morgan C. Banville

Security and Privacy

May 29 2025

A Generative AI-Powered Digital Twin for Adaptive NASH Care

Conversational digital twins, built responsibly, represent the next frontier in preventive and participatory medicine.

Santosh Kumar

Architecture and Hardware

May 28 2025

How AI Raises the Bar for Developers

Programmers working in some problem areas in the future will likely need to develop and test most of their code manually, even as the majority adopt AI-enabled approaches.

Siddhartha Rai

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

May 28 2025

They Can Include AI, But Should They?

Educators must help students learn not just to build with AI, but to determine if it belongs.

Shawn Ogunseye

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

May 27 2025

Is AI Security Work Best Done In Academia or Industry? Part 2

Academia benefits from the flow of fresh talent, a pristine stream that is seemingly magically, continually replenished.

Saurabh Bagchi

Architecture and Hardware

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May 22 2025

Students in Advanced Computational Fields Are Accelerated Early Adapters of Generative AI Technology

The adoption rate and use intensity of GenAI tools by advanced computational students are higher than those of other STEM students.

Yael Erez and Orit Hazzan

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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May 21 2025

Practical Applications of AI Agents

Decision-capable AI agents operate within bounds, learn from data, and escalate to humans when needed.

Alex Williams

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

May 19 2025

Towards a Better CS Conference Experience

Again and again you see speakers reading a prepared text in a monotonous tone. Come on, you can do better.

Bertrand Meyer

Computing Profession

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May 19 2025

A Growing Concern in Cybersecurity

A proactive, continuous approach to cybersecurity is key to protecting systems from the evolving threat of zero-day exploits.

Alex Tray

Computing Profession

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