Also, our next #ACMBookClub is coming up in May! To celebrate the #AAPIMonth, we’ll be reading User Friendly by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant. The online discussion will be led by the book’s co-author Cliff Kuang. Scan QR code to register today. #UX #design #technology

Thank you all for reading Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans with us and showing up at our online celebration with author Melanie Mitchell! If you missed the conversation, you can check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsOf...

The ACM framework covers 7 strategic dimensions: sovereignty, privacy/security, cost, economic development, resource capability, national context fit, and the evolving cost landscape. Read it: www.acm.org/binaries/con...

Capability debt Waiting to build domestic AI capacity creates "capability debt." Compute costs may fall, but hands-on expertise, data pipelines, and institutional know-how must be accumulated over time. Delay raises future costs.

Headline Should governments build their own AI or buy from Big Tech? A new @ACM Technology Policy Council framework gives decision-makers a structured answer — and it's more nuanced than either side admits.#AIGovernance #TechPolicy #DigitalSovereignty 🧵

7/ Read ACM's session read-out from New Delhi: www.acm.org/public-polic... Panelists: ACM President Yannis Ioannidis; TPC Chairs Virginia Dignum & Jeanna Matthews; Dame Wendy Hall; Merve Hickok; Sara Hooker; Neha Kumar; Jibu Elias; and more.

Move from should to must. Voluntary norms have limits when no one faces consequences. Global South voices, diverse leadership, and civil society aren't cosmetic in AI governance — they're causal to whether the resulting ethics can be trusted.

What if an AI system works exactly as designed — and still causes harm? At the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, ACM's Technology Policy Council pushed the field to expand what "AI safety" actually means. 🧵

What we covered at the AI Impact Summit-

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This sounds a lot like problems facing academic publishing.

Missed #HRI2026? Check out the latest and hottest research in the field of Human-Robot Interaction presented at this year's conference! buff.ly/JY882Mf

www.dair-institute.org/maiht3k/ by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social

Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Welcome to the latest #AdvancesInComputing! In this edition: - 👨‍💻 Redefining the Software Engineering Profession for AI - 🔐 From Distributed Intelligence to Verifiable Responsibility - ⚙️ Computing After Carbon and more. Subscribe and share: buff.ly/gy0soQB

AI transcription tools are generating text that was never spoken. One tool used in 7M+ patient visits. Doctors can't detect fabrications — audio is deleted for privacy. @acmpolicy on ASR hallucinations. #AIPolicy #HealthIT dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....

Voice-to-text AI is in hospitals, courtrooms, hiring platforms & cars. But accuracy gaps across speaker groups raise serious equity concerns. New #TechBrief examines what policymakers need to know. 🧵 #ASR #AIPolicy #AIPolicy #HealthIT dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....

Brandeis framing Justice Brandeis called states "laboratories of democracy" in 1932. Many are already testing AI sandboxes, transparency rules & public-private partnerships. Congress should build on that — not preempt it. #AIPolicy

A federal AI framework is necessary. But a moratorium on state AI regulation would backfire. @acmpolicy's new op-ed explains why — and what Congress should do instead. 🧵 #AIPolicy #TechPolicy

This was an interesting read. I particularly liked the point that free speech should be an instrumental value, rather than its own goal. Echoes of Popper’s paradox of tolerance.

Researchers in Europe are attempting to develop soft robotic artificial hearts that overcome the infection, clotting, and rejection risks of today’s technologies. Learn more: buff.ly/3rX4ZPT #TechNews

An end to the input-output dichotomy in AI copyright? Like Company v Google takes an unexpected turn I've been following the CJEU case C-250/25 Like Company v Google hearing with interest (my initial thoughts on the case here). I won't attempt to cover the entirety of the proceedings, I've already…

New HEIPI report on AI use by students. "AI use is now almost universal. Some 95% of students report using AI in at least one way and 94% say they use generative AI to help with assessed work." www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/stud...

"Hallucinated references are often a big sign, and I punish those strongly."

@theaifix.show Here's a story for you! techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/r...

Congratulations to Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard on receiving the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award! They are recognized for their essential role in establishing the foundations of quantum information science and transforming secure communication and computing. awards.acm.org/turing @umontreal

Equifax got hacked. Nearly 150 million people's data stolen. And the executives' first move was to quietly sell their shares. 🤦 This is The Facepalm Files. Check out my podcast "Smashing Security" for more stories like this. #facepalm #cybersecurity #equifax #databreach #infosec #hacking

We also ask: would you donate your lifetime medical data to science in exchange for a promise of anonymity? We unpack why "de-identified" data from UK Biobank may offer far less privacy protection than donors were led to believe - and how frighteningly little it takes to re-identify someone.

If you think maximum Apple security settings make you untouchable, think again. This week we dig into a genuinely unsettling account takeover attempt against WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg - MFA fatigue, real Apple alerts, a convincing impersonation call, and a phishing page.

Huh. If you had "require alt-text" enabled under Settings > Accessibility, check it. Because it may have been disabled. Mine was. If you didn't have "require alt-text" enabled before, consider it. It's a useful reminder to keep Bluesky accessible.

AI services are kind of weird. They're not like web browsers, operating systems, social networks, or even smartphones. They are becoming more like commodities—facial tissues, catered slop-bowl trays, or electricity. I wrote something about this:

"In addition to the limited attention span, technology also impacts the brain’s craving for stimulation, training it to expect high-reward, fast-paced digital experiences." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

"Instead of just changing our assignments, we must do something more provocative and arguably far more challenging. We must reflect on how we think and find value in thinking in an age where a machine is happy to do just that for us." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Are you still on track for our #ACMBookClub reading Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Human? There's still time to catch up! Register today for our celebratory discussion with author Melanie Mitchell: buff.ly/VEuHFSs

Join us in the upcoming #ACMDSPLecture, "How safe is your AI application?" with speaker Mohammed M. Alani, Professor at Seneca College. The in-person event will take place between March 27, 2026. More info here: cs.mcgill.edu/events/378/ #distinguishedspeaker #computing #tech

“Robot dog guarding the data center” is the cherry on top of your dystopian sundae.

“The last tool you reach for is the one that can cut you most deeply.” Check out the latest edition of "Queue: In Practice,” a new ACM newsletter series available only on #Substack. Subscribe here: buff.ly/rNdVBZS #ACMNewsletter #softwareengineering #computerscience

A few things this piece illuminates: 1) Developers created these tools to optimize tech workflows 2) The system works so well for them that the notion genAI isn't equally helpful to everyone is difficult to grasp 3) Ethics never enter into the conversation www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...

I tried spinning up an Ethics in Engineering group in grad school. One other person showed up. In all my years working in Silicon Valley, minimal discussions about ethics. Tons of discussions about making money. Simply put, if tech people aren’t talking ethics, it isn’t happening. And they don’t.

What happens to our ideas about relationships when technology can create a partner who always listens, never gets angry and adapts entirely to your wishes? That question lies at the heart of the PhD research of UT Philosophy PhD Maaike van der Horst. www.utwente.nl/en/stories/s... #utwente #BMS