Boys Town Youth recently had a quick course in Artificial Intelligence (AI) provided by the Mark Cuban Foundation (MCF), thanks to Notified, a global communications company, specializing in monitoring, measuring and reacting to discussions in social media, who sponsored the program.
MCF, founded in 2019 by the Shark Tank investor, Mark Cuban, hosts free introduction to AI bootcamps for underserved high school students to increase AI literacy and understanding. Boys Town was one of 30 bootcamps held nationwide this year. Twenty students participated in the Omaha event and concurrently learned about large language models, computer vision and computer audio detection.
Part of the overall program experience involved students doing a capstone project, where they were required to pitch a Shark Tank type idea for a new AI product that they designed. Just a few years ago, Boys Town kids participating in this AI bootcamp program built a chat bot to help children deal with mental health problems.
“We offer our sincere thanks to Notified for sponsoring the camp and to MCF and their entire team for building this AI curriculum that is amazing, super educational and super entertaining for the kids,” said Dimitriy Knots, Boys Town’s Vice President of Data Analytics.
The AI Bootcamp reinforces Boys Town’s commitment to our mission of providing opportunities for children. The generous support of our donors enables our youth to look forward to a brighter future. For more information about the Mark Cuban Foundation and the amazing AI bootcamps, click here.
