CCA student who created an AI program to preserve Maasai culture presents at global forum in Saudi Arabia
- Canyon Crest Academy senior Ethan Leem presented his AI program Maasai GPT at the UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- The 17-year-old built the large language model to preserve Maasai cultural heritage and language, with help from the Maasai community in Kenya.
- The program translates Maasai with a reported 98% accuracy rate, maps grazing routes using satellite data, and includes a library of 11,000 documents and audio recordings.
- Ethan, who has visited Kenya four times and spent two months living with the Maasai, will return in spring 2027 with 15 other San Diego students.
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