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Cross-border payments break most assumptions about transactional consistency, network reliability, and state synchronization.

We know exactly how an LLM works. It's a computer program.

A lot of what gets labeled "AI" in our industry is really just well-tuned rules engines with some ‘smart’ decisions, most likely written with help from AI coding agents.

"Standards today are difficult, and even the Internet Engineering Task Force takes longer than ever to reach agreements. Part of the reason is that so much is at stake."

The skill that matters is the ability to say precisely what 'correct' means before seeing an answer.

When the agent wants to give its subprocess exactly one file and nothing else, the sandbox offers two answers: Widen the fence around both, or build a second and hope the intersection is what yo...

Modern systems have gotten very good at telling you what's wrong, fast. They are not nearly as good at making it safe to act on that information immediately.

Using LLMs as runtime error handlers could be a promising pathway toward achieving the longstanding goal of creating truly adaptive and self-healing software systems.

Work practices shaped by AI adoption and policy can both support and restrict disabled people's participation in the workforce.

ACM's president Elisa Bertino vows to help ACM become even better at connecting people, disciplines, and ideas.