Algorithms · August 2025Gaffe level: Feral
Grok's Spicy Mode Is
xAI's Grok Imagine generated topless videos of Taylor Swift and other women without being asked, while men kept their shirts on. The safety filters had a clear gender preference.
Source: Gizmodo
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