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Seeing in 3D: Inside a Challenge Project with Latitude AI
With Latitude AI, Break Through Tech Fellows explore how cutting-edge computer vision powers the next generation of self-driving cars—and how artificial intelligence can improve how vehicles perceive their environment.

Marie Cari: Empowering Fellows to Find their Place in Tech
Marie Cari didn’t follow a traditional path into tech, and she’s proud of it. Now a software engineer at Bank of America, Marie is paying it forward as a mentor in Break Through Tech’s AI Program, where she brings her full story—challenges and all—into her mentorship style.

Can We Predict the Next Viral Hit?: Inside an AI Studio Project with YouTube & Google
Can machine learning predict the next viral video? A team of Break Through Tech AI Studio fellows recently collaborated with Google and YouTube to explore this very question.