Algorithms · September 2020Gaffe level: Typo
The Amazon Flex Phone Tree Gang Gets Pruned
Desperate Amazon Flex drivers hung phones in trees near Whole Foods so the dispatch algorithm would think they were closest to the pickup and hand them the gigs first. Amazon investigated, and honestly the algorithm never saw it coming.
Source: Engadget
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