Algorithms · August 2020Gaffe level: Feral
UK Visa Algorithm Sorted Applicants by Nationality
A secret risk-scoring system color-coded visa applicants by nationality, fast-tracking some and deep-freezing others. The Home Office called it streaming; critics called it discrimination with a dashboard.
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