Chatbots · January 2017Gaffe level: Typo
An Overbearing Alexa Makes Life Miserable for People Named Alexa
For people actually named Alexa, every mention of their name could wake the speaker mid-conversation, from board game nights to family dinners. Imagine a butler who answers to your name and never sleeps.
Source: Tech Times
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