A creative challenge where teens explore life in an AI-influenced world through stories, apps, performances, and ideas. The Challenge begins with a virtual Start Day on March 15, 2026 and culminates with an in-person session on April 19, 2026. March 21 is the last day for sign up. Checkout some cool quotes from participants!
Overview
In all four components, teens explore life in an AI-influenced world, focusing on how the brain decides, how AI works, and how both intersect. This isn’t about memorizing, coding, or being technical; it’s guided exploration driven by curiosity, reflection, and conversation with peers and AI.
Projects: MindStory, VibeApp, and StageX
Participate individually or as a team of max 3 friends or assigned on the Start Day
InsightX: self-paced individual study using short multimedia content and guided prompts
About 10–15 hours of individual study
About 15-20 hours of towards projects
Why Join
Imagine building apps, stories, art, or ideas that show what life with AI could look like, and winning prizes while doing it!
Explore teen life in an AI-influenced world 🤖
Dive into Brain & AI through exciting team & individual activities 🧠
Work in teams and learn from peers 🤝
Create projects that show creativity and original thinking ✨
Flexible, student-friendly schedule 🗓️
Up to $5,000 in awards and certificates 💰
Potential internship opportunities 🎯
Up to $5,000 in Awards
Up to 50 TAI-Awards, $100 + certificate each
Top 10-20% of InsightX Quiz performers
Top 10-20% projects (in each of MindStory, VibeApp, StageX)
About 30–40% of participants are expected to earn one or more awards
- Individuals and team awards are slightly different, see the Program Guide for details.
Internship opportunities are being explored
Participant Journey
A flexible, student-centered journey designed to fit into student-friendly schedule. See an example journey below.
Learn More
- TAI Projects – What you create + examples
- TAI Topics – What you explore + reference links
- TAI Program Guide – Overview, structure, timeline
- TAI FAQ – Common questions
- March 15, TAI Challenge Start Session – PDF Summary for a quick reference. Here is 1-hr video of the session.
- TAI Challenge Flyer – 1-page, at-a-glance overview
No-code VibeApp Tutorial
We had an excellent Vibe Code tutorial on March 21, 2026, 10:00am-12:00pm on Zoom by the Challenge partner Inspirit AI, a leader in AI Programs for high schoolers. Here is PDF Summary for a quick reference. Here is a link to the video of the session.
In this 2-hour, hands-on workshop led by Stanford researcher Catherine Qing, high school students are invited explore the latest generative AI tools and design a product from scratch to address a social problem they care about. No programming or computer science experience is required. The goal of the workshop is to prepare students for college and careers in an AI-driven world. Students are guided step-by-step through the no-code platform Lovable and move from idea to launch, using vibe coding skills to define their app’s purpose, target users, and impact.
Challenge Team
The TAI Challenge is led by educators, researchers, and community leaders with experience in neuroscience, AI, and youth programs.
Dr. Ashvin Radiya
Challenge Director
CEO, Life In AI Center
President, Bay Area Chapter of Society for Neuroscience
Prof. James Murray
Challenge Host-Advisor
Professor, Neurobiology at CSU
Director, Bay Area Brain Bee
Rajiv Puranik
Challenge Advisor
Mentor, AI Expert, Investor
Vijay Nadkarni
Challenge Advisor
Founder @ Iscoyd, AI Expert
Gaurika Gupta
Challenge Outreach
ICC, YoungGates
Ruchi Saran
Challenge Outreach
Certified College Councelor & Essay Coach
Raj Desai
Challenge Mentor
ICC Board, Ex-CEO ICC/TiE
Dr. Vibha Dixit
Challenge Advisor
Social Entrepreneur
Partners & Supporters
ABOUT US
Life in AI Center offers programs that explore how the human mind, brain, and artificial intelligence shape the way we think, decide, and live, and how we can flourish in the AI era.
The Center collaborates with educational and community partners to bring these programs to students and the broader community through challenges, workshops, talks, internships, and other learning experiences.
Life in AI Center is an initiative of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit MindBrainAI Nexus.