AICAMP Sponsors National Responsible AI Impact Challenge

AICAMP was proud to sponsor the inaugural Responsible AI Impact Challenge (RAIIC), supporting school students to explore how AI can be used thoughtfully, creatively and responsibly.

Organised by the Responsible AI Research (RAIR) Centre, the Challenge culminated in a showcase on 3 September 2026 at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) building at Lot Fourteen in Adelaide. Year 6 and Years 7–9 teams presented their ideas on AI’s ethical risks, potential benefits and the importance of human judgement.

Students explored applications ranging from sports refereeing and environmental monitoring to tools that support learning. Across their presentations, they emphasised the need to preserve human connection, independent thinking and responsibility when using AI.

Congratulations to Scotch College Adelaide’s AI Allies, winners of the Primary Challenge, and St Michael’s College’s COMMBOT SMC team, winners of the Secondary Challenge. AI Allies explored how AI can help with schoolwork while recognising that empathy and meaningful connection come from people. COMMBOT SMC proposed a tool to help students access information while keeping them responsible for their own learning.

We also congratulate the participating teams from Pilgrim School and Hills Christian Community School, and thank the teachers, parents, mentors, judges and RAIR organisers who supported the students.

For AICAMP, supporting this Challenge reflects what we want young people to gain from AI education: the curiosity to understand how AI works, the confidence to question its outputs and the judgement to use it responsibly. These ideas are central to our school programs, where students explore AI through hands-on projects and discussion of its effects on people and communities.

We look forward to continuing to support opportunities that help students become thoughtful, informed participants in a world shaped by AI.