Algorithms · July 2017Gaffe level: Typo
TV Networks Renamed Shows With Gibberish to Fool Nielsen's Rating Bots
ABC, CBS and NBC aired intentionally misspelled show titles so Nielsen's automated matching system would treat repeats as separate shows. The rating bots never stood a chance against human spelling errors.
Source: Daily Caller News Foundation
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