Young talents honored in the final of the AI Competition 2024

The Swiss AI Competition 2024 offered young talents the stage to present their innovative ideas in the field of artificial intelligence. After four months of intensive work and support from the ETH AI Center, four teams reached the final:

• Thrill Route OptimizerAndrea and Divij from Zurich International School developed an algorithm that calculates the optimal route in Europapark and thus minimizes waiting times.
• Ingredient ScannerLena and Sonja from Lucerne created an app that uses AI to analyze the ingredients of food and thus provides guidance when shopping.
• Gobang: Nils and Robin from Schwyz and Zurich developed an AI that can play the board game Gobang.
• Alexita: Alexandra from Vaud created an AI that compiles suitable playlists based on the user's mood.

In the "Creative Coding" category, the team Thrill Route Optimizerwhile the Ingredient Scanner won over the jury in the "AI for Good" category. The award ceremony took place as part of the AI+X Summit at ETH Zurich. In her speech, Catrin Hinkel, CEO of Microsoft Switzerland, highlighted Switzerland's important role in the responsible development of AI and emphasized the importance of cooperation between science and business.

Review of the AI competition.

Author: Dilara Sophie Körtel