"Stop Using Vulnerability Counts to Measure Software Security," by @AndyMeneely (@RIT) and Brandon Keller (#RIT), identifies problems with the National #Vulnerability Database and proposes a new way to report #security metrics. bit.ly/4lVcHKm

"Deconstructing the Take It Down Act," by James @Grimmelm (Cornell Law School, @Cornell_Tech), says it's easy to imagine the FTC weaponizing its newfound #TakeItDownAct authority as a tool of #censorship and #extortion. bit.ly/4mjqREQ

"Foundational Technologies of Artificial Intelligence" More than 70 years since its emergence in the early 1950s, AI is now performing cognitive tasks traditionally considered the unique province of humans. But this progress did not occur in a vacuum. buff.ly/lufTCSj

The Bathtub: Extraordinary ordinary things blog.ubiquity.acm.org/the-bathtub-ex… via @Ubiquity_ACM

AI and Trust cacm.acm.org/opinion/ai-and… We can never make AIs into our friends, but we can make them trustworthy services, if government mandates it.

"Differentiable Economics: Strategic Behavior, Mechanisms, and Machine Learning," by @Mar_Bichler (TU München) and David C. Parkes (Harvard SEAS), describes how recent advances have made #MachineLearning a tool for solving longstanding #problems in #economics. bit.ly/4ooi85U

In "Generative AI" Peter J. Denning claims that it is unlikely LLM machines will ever be capable of performing all human tasks at the skill levels of humans. buff.ly/PMBUww4

New from ACM Ubiquity: Symposium on Teens and Screens. Adults, parents, and lawmakers are concerned about the amount of time teens spend online, fearing negative effects on their mental health. This symposium presents four perspectives on this issue. ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

"Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT's Astonishing Fabrications About Percy Ludgate" As part of our Symposium on AI, we are pleased to publish this full technical report on AI hallucinations, which are a fundamental problem with LLMs. ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

"The Siren Song of Social Media" It is uncertain how the ongoing struggle between tech giants and governments will play out. Effective regulation and vigilance are required to keep our children safe in a bewildering online world. ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

Teens and Screens: AI companions should be off-limits to minors. The death by suicide of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who fell in love with an AI companion, raises alarms about the harmful effects of social media on the mental health of adolescents. ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

Driven by concerns of perceived potential negative impacts on young people, a growing trend has emerged to restrict access to some online content. But is shielding them from the negatives of the internet the answer? ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

Espen Andersen revisits the 2024 film "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" to close out the Teens and Screens Symposium, and concludes that the most social person in the room may be the teen with the screen. ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

November 12, join Manning Publications authors Barbara Limmer & Laura Browne, professional interview coaches/employment consultants, for the #ACMTechTalk "Translating Interview Speak: What Your Interviewer Really Wants to Know." Register (free) to attend: bit.ly/43tujWn

#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1969, the first message was sent over what would become the Internet. That brief, two-letter message marked the beginning of networked communication as we know it today. Read more: acm.org/education/otd-…

A Conversation with Nikita Joshi: Using IoT and AI to build a more proactive and accessible healthcare future ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

Kemal Delic (The Open University) and Umesh Dayal (Hitachi) update their prediction of the emergence of Intelligent Enterprises, which will spawn a digital economy, impact societal structures and behaviors, and kickstart the sixth technological epoch. ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id…

Ubiquity's Dr. Bushra Anjum speaks with Dr. Nikita Joshi about the evolving role of computing in healthcare. The conversation follows Joshi's journey from IoT-based remote patient monitoring to AI-driven mental health prediction. buff.ly/7VzVwee

Now available for ACM Members: "Financial Data Science with Python: An Integrated Approach to Analysis, Modeling, and Machine Learning," by Haojun Chen. Beginning w/foundational Python concepts, the author covers essential topics like data structures,... share.percipio.com/cd/a2rL6zwRx