Algorithms · September 2017Gaffe level: Typo
An AI Trained on Yelp Learned to Write Fake Reviews Nobody Could Spot
University of Chicago researchers trained a neural net on Yelp data and it wrote restaurant reviews that humans and detectors alike could not tell from the real thing. Your five-star ramen review might be a robot.
Source: Engadget
AI Avatars Translate Speech Into Kenyan Sign Language in Real Time
Kenyan engineer Elly Savatia built Terp360, an AI platform that translates speech into Kenyan Sign Language in real time using 3D avatars, with more than 2,300 signs recorded alongside deaf Kenyans. It won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, and the team has released an open dataset of nearly 12,000 sign-language motion sequences.
Source: The Eastleigh Voice