A free camp for low-income high schoolers aims to close the digital divide around AI know-how. Campers work on AI solutions to real-world environmental and medical challenges.
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Research has shown for a long time that there’s a digital divide between schools in teaching new technologies. So wealthy suburban schools are more likely to have computer science classes than districts in poor, urban or rural areas. Well, now, new research shows that’s also playing out with artificial intelligence. Educators worry that could leave some students behind in an AI-powered economy. Lee Gaines visited a