This Great Student Work for CNN and Google Earned 2017 Future Lions From AKQA

An AI bot helped voters connect with political candidates

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CANNES, France—An AI bot for CNN that helps voters speak to and learn more about candidates running for office. A version of Google assistant that is targeted at kids to help them learn about the world around them. These are just a few of the winning ideas chosen by AQKA for the agency’s annual Future Lions competition.

For the 12th year of the competition, students were asked to “go beyond what’s expected to create the future.” Google partnered with AKQA for the fourth year in a row to keep the competition running.

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