AI Ethics Competition

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to participate in the AI Ethics Competition coordinated by Dr. Theodore “Ted” Lechterman, who holds the UNESCO Chair in AI Ethics & Governance at IE University.

The ethics challenges posed by artificial intelligence are becoming more important every day, as new technologies and applications advance faster than researchers, citizens, and governments can fully understand or regulate them. This raises critical questions: What values should AI follow, and who gets to decide? How can we ensure AI benefits everyone fairly? Should certain AI developments be encouraged or restricted? And what responsibilities do companies and organizations have when they create and control AI? As AI continues to shape our world, these questions demand our attention now more than ever.

In this competition, you are the Chief Ethics Officer at InnovAI Solutions, a company that produces AI-powered devices and services. Your mission is to ensure that InnovAI's products and operations are ethically responsible. InnovAI is developing a new product. You must produce a two-page ethical impact analysis that describes the product, forecasts its ethical risks, and outlines a strategy for how InnovAI will manage them. Additionally, you must produce a five-minute maximun video summarizing this analysis for InnovAI's Board of Directors.

Who can participate?

• High School students starting university in September 2025 or September 2026.
• Individual participation

Key dates & Format

• Registration Deadline – April 26th - On-demand/Asynchronous
  All participants will receive the necessary instructions in an on-demand format to be able to compete.
• Assignment submission Deadline – May 7th
• Closing Ceremony and Award winners announcement – May 10th, 2025– Zoom Live virtual session from 15:00 till 15:45 (Madrid Time)

Awards:

1st Place: 70% award* for the Bachelor in Humanities or the Dual Degree in Business Administration and Humanities at IE University.
2nd Place: 30% award* for the Bachelor in Humanities or the Dual Degree in Business Administration and Humanities at IE University.
3rd Place: 15% award* for the Bachelor in Humanities or the Dual Degree in Business Administration and Humanities at IE University.

*Note:

• AI Ethics Competition awards are granted upon successfully completing the IE University admission process and securing an offer to start in September 2025 or 2026 the Bachelor in Humanities or the Dual Degree in Business Administration and Humanities.
• AI Ethics Competition awards apply to all 4 or 5 years of studies of the Bachelor in Humanities or the Dual Degree Bachelor in Business Administration and Humanities at IE University on the condition that recipients comply with IE University award yearly renewal requirements policy.
• AI Ethics Competition awards are compatible with other IE scholarships/awards, with a maximum total accumulation of 100%.