IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027748
Harry Goldstein
{"title":"The Data Reveals Top Patent Portfolios: Find Unique Insights with Our New Patent-Power Interactive","authors":"Harry Goldstein","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027748","url":null,"abstract":"Eight years is a long time in the world of patents. When we last published what we then called the Patent Power Scorecard, in 2017, it was a different technological and social landscape-Google had just filed a patent application on the transformer architecture, a momentous advance that spawned the generative AI revolution. China was just beginning to produce quality, affordable electric vehicles at scale. And the COVID pandemic wasn't on anyone's dance card.","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 6","pages":"2-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11027748","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027745
Vikram K. Jaswal;Diwakar Krishnamurthy;Mea Wang
{"title":"Breaking Silence: The Quest to Ensure Nonspeaking Autistic People are Heard","authors":"Vikram K. Jaswal;Diwakar Krishnamurthy;Mea Wang","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027745","url":null,"abstract":"Throughout his schooling, it was assumed he was incapable of learning to read and write. But for the past 30 minutes, he's been wearing an augmented-reality (AR) headset and spelling single words on the HoloBoard, a virtual keyboard that hovers in the air in front of him. And now, at the end of a study session, a researcher asks Jeremy (not his real name) what he thought of the experience.","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 6","pages":"32-37"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027740
Edd Gent
{"title":"Careers: Carolina Cruz-Neira: This VR Pioneer Dreamed of Dancing Before a Knee Injury Forced her to Pivot","authors":"Edd Gent","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027740","url":null,"abstract":"Carolina Cruz-Neira is living proof of just how far a “plan B” can take you. Growing up, she was determined to become a professional ballet dancer. But after injury ended her ballet dreams, Cruz-Neira went on to become a pioneer of virtual-reality technology.","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 6","pages":"19-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11027740","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960476
Bruce Schneier;Nathan E. Sanders;Dariusz Jemielniak;Edmon Begoli;Amir Sadovnik
{"title":"3 Ways to Keep AI on Our Side: AI Researchers can Draw Lessons from Cybersecurity, Robotics, and Astrobiology","authors":"Bruce Schneier;Nathan E. Sanders;Dariusz Jemielniak;Edmon Begoli;Amir Sadovnik","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960476","url":null,"abstract":"As Artificial Intelligence reshapes society, our traditional safety nets and ethical frameworks are being put to the test. How can we make sure that AI remains a force for good? • Here we bring you three fresh visions for safer AI. In the first essay, security expert Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan E. Sanders explore how AI's “weird” error patterns create a need for innovative security measures that go beyond methods honed on human mistakes. Dariusz Jemielniak, an authority on Internet culture and technology, argues that the classic robot ethics embodied in Isaac Asimov's famous rules of robotics need an update to counterbalance AI deception and a world of deepfakes. And in the final essay, the AI researchers Edmon Begoli and Amir Sadovnik suggest taking a page from the search for intelligent life in the stars; they propose rigorous standards for detecting the possible emergence of human-level AI intelligence. As AI advances with breakneck speed, these cross-disciplinary strategies may help us keep our hands on the reins.→","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 4","pages":"38-45"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143808905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960504
Edd Gent
{"title":"Careers: Mira Daher: This Solar-Energy Engineer is Helping Lebanon's Citizens Find Energy Independence","authors":"Edd Gent","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960504","url":null,"abstract":"In Mira Daher's home country of Lebanon, the national grid provides power for only a few hours a day. The country's state-owned energy provider, Electricity of Lebanon (EDL), has long struggled to meet demand, and a crippling economic crisis that began in 2019 has worsened the situation. Most residents now rely on privately owned diesel-powered generators for the bulk of their energy needs.","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 4","pages":"17-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10960504","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143808913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960505
Dina Genkina
{"title":"5 Questions: Rehaan Ahmad: alphaXiv Wants to be Science's Public Square","authors":"Dina Genkina","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960505","url":null,"abstract":"There is an inherent tension in the dissemination of research: Science thrives on openness and communication, but ensuring high-quality scientific work requires lengthy and closed peer reviews. In 1991, physicist Paul Ginsparg created the arXiv repository to alleviate some of that tension. Researchers would have a place to upload their preprint manuscripts before they're published in a journal. The preprints are free to all but have not undergone peer review (though there is some screening).","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 4","pages":"19-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10960505","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143808827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE SpectrumPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960523
Amos Zeeberg
{"title":"Green-Energy Link Set to Span Black Sea: Despite Risk of War and Undersea Cable Sabotage, the Caucasus Region Plans to Send Clean Electricity to Europe","authors":"Amos Zeeberg","doi":"10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960523","url":null,"abstract":"Last November, when Azerbaijan hosted COP29, the United Nations' annual climate summit, it was a sort of coming-out party for the country. Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world's energy transition.","PeriodicalId":13249,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Spectrum","volume":"62 4","pages":"26-31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143808910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}