Convening Seattle’s AI Community to Build the Future of Youth Services Together
A recap of a community innovation hackathon in Seattle where technologists and students used AI to prototype solutions that help youth discover and access local programs and services.
This blog describes a day-long event that brought together AI talent, students, nonprofits, and startups at the AI House to tackle the challenge of fragmented information about youth programs and how it hinders youth access and engagement.
Participants were tasked with building tools that leverage AI to aggregate and organize program data into searchable, up-to-date catalogs tailored to young people’s needs and interests, with multiple functioning prototypes developed in just three hours. The post also highlights the event’s connection to Seattle’s next-generation AI strategy and showcases the winning team’s prototype, illustrating how civic hackathons can accelerate innovation in public services.Â
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