Algorithms · July 2021Gaffe level: Blunder
YouTube's Recommendation Rot Is
Mozilla's study found YouTube's recommendation engine keeps steering viewers toward misinformation and harmful videos. The algorithm's taste is worse than your conspiracy uncle's.
Source: The Register
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