OpenAI’s Amazing–but Vastly Oversold–New Model Astra cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/ope...
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OpenAI’s Amazing–but Vastly Oversold–New Model Astra cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/ope...
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AAAS reviewed the U.S. Office of Management and Budget's recently released proposed rule and identified three themes that would impact the scientific enterprise: OMB overreach, political control over grantmaking, and expanded restrictions on international cooperation. Here are the key takeaways ⤵️
OMB needs to hear from scientists, engineers, educators, students and others who can explain how the proposed rule on federal grantmaking would have devastating effects on their communities and the nation. Here's how to format an impactful comment & critical steps to take to make your voice heard ⤵️
We can recall the “Image Crisis” of the early 2000s. The computing field went through a perfect storm in those years: the dot-com and telecom crashes, the offshoring scare, and a research-funding crisis. cacm.acm.org/opinion/whit...
Whither Computing? – Communications of the ACM
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A new team will assume the leadership of ACM on July 1, 2026. I believe this team will have to grapple with existential questions about the future of computing as a science and a profession. cacm.acm.org/opinion/whit...
Whither Computing? – Communications of the ACM
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Just signed the AI Pledge for Humanity. The next time someone says AI will require UBI without doing anything about it, send them this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The AI Pledge for Humanity
I just signed the AI Pledge for Humanity and I want to tell you why. For fifty years, productivity has soared and wages haven't. Now AI is about to accelerate that pattern. The people building it say...
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Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/w...
Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical
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Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/t...
Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93
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"While an unconventional background is not necessarily disqualifying, it does require greater scrutiny of the nomination by Congress.” AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh urges the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions to hold an open hearing before voting to confirm James O'Neill.
The largest general science group in the U.S. called on Thursday for the Senate to hold a public hearing on the nomination of Jim O’Neill to head the National Science Foundation and questioned his credentials to run one of the top funders of basic research.
Just signed the AI Pledge for Humanity. The next time someone says AI will require UBI without doing anything about it, send them this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The AI Pledge for Humanity
I just signed the AI Pledge for Humanity and I want to tell you why. For fifty years, productivity has soared and wages haven't. Now AI is about to accelerate that pattern. The people building it say...
actionnetwork.org
This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.
A rich set of Q&A for the presidential candidates (Elisa Bertino and Jens Palsberg) in the current ACM Election. You are welcome to post more questions www.cs.rice.edu/~vardi/acmel...
2026 ACM Presidential Election
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The response to the ACM DL tiering has been swift. A petition to re-open DL metadata has gathered more than 1,600 signatures by now. The comments accompanying the petition generally express outrage at how “100% open” can mean closed data services. cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
The Centrality Fallacy and ACM – Communications of the ACM
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Ask the Candidates for ACM President! First batch of Q&A posted. www.cs.rice.edu/~vardi/acmel...
2026 ACM Presidential Election
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How did ACM decide tiering the DL is in the spirit of opening the DL? cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
The Centrality Fallacy and ACM – Communications of the ACM
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The diversity problem colleges and universities are not talking about :-( www.nber.org/papers/w31492
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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As the conference was approaching, Bob informed me, as well as a few other male researchers, that in his conference talk he did not intended to talk about his paper. cacm.acm.org/opinion/wher...
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Can AI contribute to the common good? Undoubtedly, but only if we amend our current, faulty reward function, I believe. That is techno-realism. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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I applaud the authors for their efforts toward shaping AI for the common good, yet I still find the article deeply techno-optimistic. To understand my concern, I suggest going back to a 2016 essay “Faulty Reward Functions in the Wild”. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
For a tech-pessimist manifesto, see for example, the AI 2027 report, which lays out a scenario for how AI models could become all powerful by 2027. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Marc Andreessen argued that “Technology is the glory of human ambition and achievement, the spearhead of progress, and the realization of our potential.” Well, I am not that kind of techno-optimist. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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weather.com/storms/winte... Oh fuck no...come on!
East Coast Storm This Weekend Could Become Bomb Cyclone With More Snow, Wind | Weather.com
On the heels of Winter Storm Fern, a strong storm will form off the East Coast this weekend that could bring snow and wind. Here is our latest forecast with what we know and what could happen.
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sGm...
"The Hungarian Holocaust" (Moshe Vardi)
YouTube video by Boniuk Institute
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Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism icsa.substack.com?r=4l1xen&utm...
Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism | Andrew Pessin | Substack
To promote the critical study of the most current manifestation of the world's oldest hatred. Click to read Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism, by Andrew Pessin, a Substack publication wi...
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