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Minimally Acceptable Systems: Tolerable at the Lowest Cost Possible
https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/minimally-acceptable-systems-tolerable-at-the-lowest-cost-possible/
Published: June 2, 2026 16:38
We must stop framing deliberately subpar technology as a technical flaw and start seeing it as a policy failure that demands political solutions.
Multimodal Prompts to Integrate Your Affect
https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/multimodal-prompts-to-integrate-your-affect/
Published: May 27, 2026 20:27
Decision Catalyst is a multimodal system that uses a camera to interpret a user's facial expression, then adds that to the embedding of an AI prompt query.
The Hidden Privacy Cost of Screenshot Collection in Computing Research
https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/the-hidden-privacy-cost-of-screenshot-collection-in-computing-research/
Published: May 4, 2026 20:10
It is time for lawmakers and institutional review boards to reckon with screenshot collection’s privacy problem.
Should There Be Limitations on Post-Mortem Avatars?
https://cacm.acm.org/news/should-there-be-limitations-on-post-mortem-avatars/
Published: April 28, 2026 16:42
Ghostbots may be comforting to some but others say they could disrupt the grieving process.
Why Are AI Chatbot Voice Models So Old?
https://cacm.acm.org/news/why-are-ai-chatbot-voice-models-so-old/
Published: April 23, 2026 17:54
Chatbot voice modes appear frozen in time compared to text-based models, which are advancing at a rapid pace.
Rolling in the Deep of Cognitive and AI Biases
https://cacm.acm.org/research/rolling-in-the-deep-of-cognitive-and-ai-biases/
Published: April 23, 2026 16:31
The HAI-ROLL framework reveals interdependencies between human heuristics and AI biases across the AI lifecycle.
The New Era of Sensory Augmentation
https://cacm.acm.org/news/the-new-era-of-sensory-augmentation/
Published: April 17, 2026 21:05
The field of sensory augmentation is moving beyond simple repair and increasingly is focused on enhancing and extending human capabilities.
No Privacy without AI
https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/no-privacy-without-ai/
Published: April 13, 2026 15:54
Without AI, adequate privacy is simply out of reach.