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Judging AI hackathon projects: what to check when every team says 'we used AI'

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Half the projects at any student hackathon now include an AI component, and most panels have no reliable way to tell a real one from a wrapper around a prompt. Having built RAG, fine-tuning and vision systems for a living, these are the checks I run in three minutes at a judging table — and the one…

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  1. 2026-09-06 17:17 · DEV Community — AI
    Judging AI hackathon projects: what to check when every team says 'we used AI'

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