Algorithms · February 2023Gaffe level: Typo
Elon Musk Had Twitter's Algorithm Boost His Own Tweets 1,000x
After one of his tweets underperformed, Musk had engineers build a special system that multiplied his reach by a thousand. Turns out the marketplace of ideas had a preferred vendor.
Source: Platformer
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