Catawba County Schools hopes to launch an AI literacy program for students this fall.

This week, some students got a jump start on the artificial intelligence program with a summer training session.

Thirty students participated in a “prompt-a-thon” at the Hickory Metro Convention Center Aug. 4 and 5.

Students explored the features of generative AI by designing programs that could help them, their peers or the community.

Some teams of students designed a program that could help students manage daily schedules. Another team designed a chatbot that would help people learn what they could recycle and how much they could get for turning the recyclable goods in for money.

A third team designed a chatbot to help students stay focused, with responses answering prompts in the style of "The Lio

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