Bot Swarms · March 2019Gaffe level: Typo
Fake Instagram Influencer Bot Scored Free Meals
A data scientist's script-run account amassed 28,000 followers on reposted NYC photos, then auto-DM'd restaurants for freebies. The meals were real; the influencer was not.
Source: Hypebeast
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