Algorithms · February 2022Gaffe level: Typo
Humans Rated AI-Generated Faces as More Trustworthy Than Real Ones
A study found people judged synthetic faces 7.7% more trustworthy than actual human faces. The most honest-looking people on the internet don't exist.
Source: Scientific American
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