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\"\"Generative AI (i.e., ChatGPT) tools are unleashed and widely available to Baltimore youth and their families, yet recent reports indicate that the risks of AI’s harms may outweigh its benefits<\/a> (Brookings Institute, 2026). The future of AI across home, school, community, and work is not predetermined.\"\"How do our communities want to use AI? Where are\u00a0<\/strong>gaps in “AI literacy”? <\/strong>Equip yourselves with skills and tools to take civic actions that advance collective self-determination, safeguard healthy youth development, and inform relevant stakeholders with rich contextual understanding (read: tell your policy-makers and school leaders what you need to thrive in today’s AI-drenched world).<\/p>\n

The YPAR cohort will attend sessions two days a week in after school (Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30-6:30pm)<\/strong> to conceptualize, design, carry out, and analyze a research question related to AI literacy that is important to them and their community. Research questions may pertain to misaligned communication across generations, mental health and AI characters\/personas, college and career planning in the age of AI, or other questions driven by students’ interests and real lives.<\/p>\n

Each paid intern<\/strong> will become an action researcher<\/strong>. The cohort will develop their own understandings of AI literacy, from cultural, historical, and technological angles, led by two educational researchers (read about Mentors below). The YPAR cohort will learn from Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Institute faculty and graduate students conducting cutting-edge AI research, to evenly weigh risks and benefits. Youth will present findings to Baltimore City School District leaders, key community stakeholders, Johns Hopkins community members, and family\/friends in culminating projects.<\/p>\n

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*For U.S. citizens or those with work authorization status.<\/span> Currently, an unpaid internship option is not available.<\/span><\/p>\n

The application for Fall 2026 opens May 1, 2026. Applications are due Sunday, June 14, 2026 at midnight. <\/i><\/strong>Applicants will be invited to virtual interviews in July 2026, and decisions made in early August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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