{
  "id": 5490382,
  "title": "From CSE to MIT: How Shruti Dhariwal is changing AI education",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/from-cse-to-mit-how-shruti-dhariwal-is-changing-ai-education",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-04T03:04:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/she-studied-cse-at-jaypee-institute-built-games-in-india-and-reached-mit-meet-shruti-dhariwal-whose-coco-is-changing-how-children-learn-ai/articleshow/133705743.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Shruti Dhariwal, an Indian researcher and MIT Media Lab alumna, is transforming AI education by empowering children to create and experiment with AI tools themselves. Her work, including the CoCo platform, has earned recognition from MIT, international education-technology circles, and even the Gates Foundation, OpenAI, and Ballmer Group.",
  "summary": "Shruti Dhariwal, an Indian researcher and MIT Media Lab doctoral alumna, is exploring how children can move beyond simply using AI to creating and experimenting with it. After studying computer science and management in India and developing educational games at MadRat Games, Dhariwal joined MIT, where she researched creative learning, coding and play. Her current work centres on CoCo, a…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}