For this fourth edition, Girls Go Circular invited its female students and alumnae to dive into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and explore its potential to solve real-life societal challenges. Today’s world is increasingly influenced by AI, and young people need to understand how it works to critically assess its impact on society, use it ethically, and mitigate potential risks. This Student Challenge aimed to equip students with essential AI knowledge, boost their creative and problem-solving skills, and empower them to enact positive change.
Participants were tasked to work in teams of three girls and come up with an idea for an AI tool to help reducing gender inequalities in the area of their choice (education, employment, sciences, arts, sports…).
To showcase their idea, students had to fill out a Design Thinking slide deck to develop their AI concept and to present it in a 3-minute pitch video in English. Students did not have to build an actual AI, but they were asked to think about the purpose of their AI, the data needed to train their AI model, and the ethical and ecological implications surrounding its development (potential biases, privacy concerns, energy-consumption…).
As a reward, one team from each project country was invited to attend the Forum in person in Budapest on 8-11 October 2024! The travel costs for each selected team and one accompanying teacher will be covered by Girls Go Circular. The top three teams will even get to present their idea and compete for the Challenge Finale during the Women and Girls in STEM Forum!
The deadline to participate in the Student Challenge was 30 June 2024.
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