Students receive $10,000 prizes from OpenAI for innovative use of artificial intelligence

""What we've seen is that these students are using AI to build things that many wouldn't have previously thought were possible," says Leah Belsky, head of education at OpenAI. Other honorees of the program are using AI to build space robots to relieve astronauts of routine tasks; develop novel ways to spot disaster survivors through walls and debris using Wi-Fi signals"

Crystal Yang created Audemy after a blind friend could not play Wordle, leading to work with Texas A&M researchers on conversational audio interfaces. Audemy has developed more than 50 audio-powered games accessible to blind and visually impaired players. The nonprofit is also building an accessible gaming console with audio and tactile features that can function without Wi-Fi. AI supports Yang’s work across coding, management, user research, formal writing, game prototyping, and evaluation of console components using design tools. Yang received a $10,000 OpenAI grant through ChatGPT Futures, which supports young people using AI for good. Other recipients are developing space robots and using Wi-Fi signals to detect disaster survivors through walls and debris.

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