A cloud CRM tool, an online game, an e-health solution and an electronic detector… What could these projects have in common? These are some of the 10 winners of the first Wayra Week, which took place parallel toCampus Party Colombialast week. But what isWayra? Wayra, Telefónica’s accelerator for Latin America and Spain Wayra means “wind” in Quechua, and seems to be benefiting from a good one; it got off the ground in less than 6 months, surprising the skeptics....

How we taught Google Translate to stop being sexist Biased algorithms To the dismay of their creators, AI algorithms often develop racist or sexist traits.Google Translatehas been accused of stereotyping based on gender, such as its translations presupposing that all doctors are male and all nurses are female. Meanwhile, the AI language generator GPT-3 – which wrote anentire articlefor the Guardian in 2020 – recently showed that it was also shockingly good at producingharmful content and misinformation....

The world is evolving far too quickly for us to keep up with it. Formerly our main forms of entertainment were spending time with family and playing with the dog, but in our advanced digital age, we’re all glued to our flat-screen TVs in high definition, our laptop computers that surf the web at lightning speed and our mobile phones that are almost like handheld computers that also fit in your pocket and make calls....

How wealthy cities are preparing for a future filled with flying taxis Integrating UAM EHang also recently announced it is working with the City of Linz, aerospace group FACC and other local partners on a UAM pilot project. Following the identification of a suitable test route running over uninhabited areas, infrastructure construction is planned for 2021 and trial flights will take place “in the near future,” EHang said. The pilot project will study the practicality of implementation in urban areas, acceptance by citizens and environmental impact....

How wearable fitness devices can give early warning of possible COVID-19 infection Detecting flu-like illness Because wearables are excellent tools for monitoring general health conditions, researchers began studying ways of using them to detect illness before the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, researchers used Fitbit datato identify people who could have an influenza-like illnessfrom their resting heart rate and daily activity patterns. An elevated resting heart rate can be related to an infection....