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Dr. Derek Ihori isn't the first person who created an AI clone of himself, but he is the first to share his name with his creation. Derek made A-Ihori, pronounced "AI-Hori"—which isn't quite how you'd say his actual last name, E...

Ninety young women from across NYC's CIOB (Consortium, Internationals, and Outward Bound) district gathered for the second annual CIOB Girls Builathon.

Students moved beyond basic AI literacy and dove straight into "vibe coding." Vibe coding is a software development method where designers build apps using natural language instead of traditional code. By focusing on in...

Narcisa Codreanu has helped build and shape Playlab since the early days, championing Trust & Safety and leading the engineering work behind it. As one of our Senior Software Engineers, Narcisa believes technology should be co-created with the people it's meant to serve and that agency, not engagement, should be the design goal.

Narcisa, who lives in Seattle, drinks...

100 Students, 100 Projects

Mike Taubman has been teaching for 21 years, and the future his students are graduating into keeps getting harder to recognize. He runs Summit, a career exploration program at Uncommon North Star Academy Washington Park High School in Newark, New Jersey. His job is to help 100 juniors and seniors figure out where they're heade...