Algorithms · October 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
OpenAI's video tool resurrected dead celebrities. Families were horrified
OpenAI's Sora lets users make realistic AI videos of dead public figures like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson. Many responded with crude and racist memes, horrifying the families. The dead cannot consent to their cameo.
Source: The Washington Post
An AI Read Heart Disease From Face and Tongue Photos
Researchers in China fused tongue and facial photographs through a dual-branch deep learning model and screened for coronary heart disease without a single blood test, reaching an AUC of 0.9992 on an independent test set. Published in Scientific Reports, it points to a low-cost, non-invasive screening tool that needs only a camera.
Source: Scientific Reports