Algorithms · November 2013Gaffe level: Blunder
LG's Smart TVs Kept Logging Viewing Habits After Users Opted Out
Blogger DoctorBeet caught his LG TV phoning home with channel changes and even USB filenames, despite the collection switch being off. The off button was decorative.
Source: The Register
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