Algorithms · February 2022Gaffe level: Blunder
Ghost Loans Haunted Dhani's Fintech App and Tanked Strangers' Credit Scores
Fraudsters used stolen PAN details to take out loans through Dhani's app, leaving victims with defaults they never signed up for. Your credit score got mugged by someone else's paperwork.
Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
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