Algorithms · August 2023Gaffe level: Feral
200 students failed their exams. Automated proctoring could be to blame, but doubts remain
Hundreds of students in Spain flunked their exams, and evidence points to glitchy automated proctoring software that may have flagged honest test takers as cheaters. Academic integrity, enforced by an algorithm with a grudge.
Source: AlgorithmWatch
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah