Algorithms · May 2017Gaffe level: Blunder
Uber Wanted to Predict Exactly How Much You Would Pay Before Showing a Price
Uber's upfront pricing used machine learning to estimate how much riders would pay for a route and charged accordingly. Drivers kept getting paid the old way, and the gap between the two only grew.
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