THUWAL, Saudi Arabia: A summer bootcamp to help develop Saudi high school students’ artificial intelligence knowledge and skills has drawn to a close. Organized by the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, the event took place at the university’s headquarters in Thuwal from July 2 to 27. Students worked on chosen AI training projects under the supervision of experts. Areas covered included an introduction to programming and Python programming language, the basics of machine learning, data and image processing, and an insight into deep learning. The bootcamp was held as part of a joint initiative by the authority and university toward promoting AI and data skills among young people in the Kingdom.