Algorithms · August 2020Gaffe level: Feral
The UK's Racist Visa Algorithm Gets Its Papers Revoked
The Home Office used an algorithm to stream visa applications by nationality, quietly fast-tracking some and slow-walking others, until campaigners challenged it as racist. The government agreed to scrap the tool and redesign it.
Source: TechCrunch
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