{
  "id": 118148,
  "title": "Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/emergent-ventures-winners-57th-cohort",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-04T05:16:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/emergent-ventures-winners-57th-cohort.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Oisin O’Gorman, a 15-year-old from Dublin, tackled misinformation and fake news for his winning project. Karsen Lee Wahal, a student at Stanford, explored the impact of AI on the web and how to measure media bias. Davy Deng, along with his fellow Claire Wang, proposed a solution for whole brain emulation at MIT. Enej Grmek, a 16-year-old from Ljubljana, focused on privacy concerns. Vladimir Shmelev, a Ukrainian resident, addressed the need for relief aid for Ukrainian children through Montenegro. Nik Verma from Chicago suggested a legal framework to govern AI agents. Emirhan Demir and Çınar Yıldırım, both 19-years-old from Istanbul, aimed to protect against AI agents. Midhat Doruk, a 14-year-old from Ankara, investigated longevity, biology, and skin cosmetics. Burak Yilmaz, 17 from Diyarbarkir, Turkey, proposed browser-native authentication. Lloyd Strickland, a 15-year-old based in London, aimed to publish the remaining Leibniz papers, including those on computation. Abdul Quyum, a 15-year-old from Perth, focused on organizing information and data. Catharine Young won the science communication tranche with her podcast on women in science and science communication.",
  "summary": "Oisin O’Gorman, 15, Dublin, misinformation and fakes. Karsen Lee Wahal, Stanford, is AI killing the web?, and measuring media slant. Davy Deng, with Claire Wang (previous winner), whole brain emulation, MIT. Enej Grmek, 16, Ljubljana, privacy. Vladimir Shmelev, Ukraine, Ukrainian children for relief trips to Montenegro. Nik Verma, Chicago, a legal framework for AI agents. […] The post Emergent…",
  "key_points": [
    "Oisin O’Gorman, 15, tackled misinformation in Dublin",
    "Karsen Lee Wahal, Stanford student, studied AI impact on web",
    "Catharine Young won science communication with podcast"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}