The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is supporting the launch of the Presidential AI Challenge, and libraries have a great opportunity to spread the word!
The Presidential AI Challenge will bring K-12 youth, educators, mentors, and community teams together to solve real-world problems in their communities using AI-powered solutions, with an opportunity to showcase their solutions at a national level. Students and educators of all backgrounds and expertise are encouraged to participate. This opportunity will equip youth with foundational knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in an increasingly digital society, empower educators to confidently guide students through this complex and evolving field, connect students and educators with AI experts from industry and government for guidance, coaching, inspiration, and collaboration, and provide widespread access to resources, training, and support regarding AI.
The challenge is open to youth teams in grades K–12; each team must have a supervising adult such as a parent, mentor, educator, or community leader. Educator teams are also eligible. Registration will open in September 2025. More information can be found on the challenge website. A factsheet and flyers can also be found on the website, Campaign materials, including social media graphics can be found on the IMLS website.
We know that libraries are well-positioned to provide public computing resources and digital navigation in our ever-changing technology landscape, and to offer spaces for community members to gather and solve real-world problems. We hope you’ll help us amplify this opportunity to showcase more of what makes libraries so essential.