Algorithms · April 2014Gaffe level: Typo
Google's Street View Accidentally Built a CAPTCHA-Cracking Machine
Google's neural net for reading blurry house numbers turned out to crack CAPTCHAs with 99.8% accuracy. The bot detector got outsmarted by the company's own map car.
Source: Gizmodo
Google's Flood Hub Brings AI Flash-Flood Warnings to 2 Billion People
Google's Groundsource system forecasts urban flash floods up to 24 hours ahead, and through Flood Hub it now reaches 2 billion people in more than 150 countries. The Southern African Development Community used the beta version to request monitoring of flood events, and partners used the forecasts to warn of flooding in Vietnam three days before Typhoon Matmo made landfall.
Source: Seoul Economic Daily