Algorithms · February 2015Gaffe level: Typo
Mercedes Discovered Its Online Ads Were Watched More by Bots Than Humans
A Financial Times investigation found part of a Mercedes-Benz campaign was viewed more often by bots than by actual people. The luxury audience was mostly scripts with expensive taste.
Source: Tech.co
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