Some Swift Student Challenge winners today began receiving congratulatory certificates from Apple, with one Distinguished Winner sharing a images of the letter he received from Apple.
We’re honored to recognize you as a Distinguished Winner of the 2024 Swift Student Challenge. Your app playground stands among the best of the best in this year’s challenge, demonstrating your creativity, passion for coding, and commitment to building great apps.
You’ve truly inspired us and we can’t wait to see what you do next!
Apple this year picked a total of 350 winners, including 50 Distinguished Winners. Winners are meant to receive AirPods Max headphones, but Apple appears to be sending that reward in a separate shipment.
While all 350 Swift Student Challenge winners were eligible to apply to attend Apple’s June 10 WWDC special event at Apple Park, the Distinguished Winners are being invited to Cupertino for a three-day Apple Park event that also includes time to interface with Apple engineers.
Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge tasks students with creating an innovative coding project using the Swift Playgrounds app. Projects are judged based on technical accomplishment, creativity of ideas, and the content of the written responses that explain the project.
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Apple showcased the family-inspired coding work of three Swift Student Challenge winners Wednesday. The iPhone giant changed up its annual coding competition this year by naming 50 students Distinguished Winners among 350 top coders overall. The 50 get to attend a special event at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC24).
“This year’s winning Swift Student Challenge submissions once again demonstrate the breadth and depth of what is possible when talented young people use coding to make their mark on the world,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations.
“We’re also incredibly proud to welcome more outstanding student developers than ever before to Apple Park to connect with our teams and each other as they continue to build apps that will no doubt transform our future for the better,” she added.
These 3 Swift Student Challenge winners sought coding inspiration from family
Elena Galluzzo, Dezmond Blair and Jawaher Shaman are among this year’s 50 Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners. Like many of the 350 winning students overall, who hail from 35 countries and regions worldwide, their app playgrounds are personal. Their coding inspiration came from their families.
Apple selects winners based on their app playgrounds that stand out for innovation, creativity, social impact or inclusivity. The 50 Distinguished Winners may attend a “three-day in-person experience” at Apple Park during WWDC24.
Elena Galluzzo: Care Capsule app
Elena Galluzzo’s app Care Capsule is designed to serve as an all-in-one assistant for elderly people. Photo: Apple
Toronto, Canada resident Elena Galluzzo designed her app Care Capsule to serve as an all-in-one assistant for elderly people like her grandmother.
“My grandmother is in the late stages of Alzheimer’s disease and requires full-time care,” Galluzzo said. “And it’s also hard on my grandfather because it can be quite lonely — even though he lives with his children and grandchildren, a lot of older people don’t. Canada has an aging population, so I think it’s really important to keep looking into ways we can help people in this field, and coding is one way I can contribute.”
Here’s what Apple said she did:
Galluzzo designed Care Capsule to be an all-in-one assistant for elderly people. She used Apple’s machine learning framework Create ML to build a chatbot that analyzes interactions with the user to deduce whether they are experiencing loneliness or depression. The app also lets users track their medications, connect with community resources, and keep a record of positive memories.
After Galluzzo graduates with a degree in business this spring, she hopes to publish Care Capsule on the App Store, potentially incorporating what she learns when she attends WWDC24 in June.
“Being able to meet other people who have the same passion as I do is very exciting,” said Galluzo, who is about to graduate from college with a business degree and hopes to publish Care Capsule on the App Store.
“I’m also really looking forward to seeing what new frameworks are coming out and how I could use them,” she added. “I think it’s very cool to be able to create something that can tap into your device’s native functionality and help solve important challenges at the same time.”
Dezmond Blair: MTB XTREME app
Blair’s app MTB XTREME puts users behind the handlebars of a mountain bike. Photo: Apple
Dezmond Blair’s app MTB XTREME sits more in the recreational realm. But family inspired it. It puts users on a mountain bike with 360-degree view of surrounding trails.
Michigan native Blair grew up mountain biking with his little brother. He also worked on a secondhand computer that his family could not afford to connect it to the internet.
“After growing up in a trailer park, it became really important for me to make sure that I was keeping up on all my grades because my parents told me when I was young, ‘You’re definitely not ending up like we were,’” Blair said. “They spent a lot of their life trying to make sure that I wouldn’t have to struggle the same way they did, and so that’s where my inspiration and my passion comes from.”
After landing an associate’s degree in computer programming, Blair started at the Apple Developer Academy in Detroit, where he learned Apple’s coding language, Swift, and made his iPad app. He hopes to release a more immersive version for Apple Vision Pro. He’s off to a good start, having launched a company to design app prototypes he calls Easy Dez It.
And what’s his goal in all this? It comes down to his parents.
“I want to end up buying them a house one day,” says Blair. “They’ve done so much for me and my little brother, so I have to pay it forward.”
Jawaher Shaman My Child app
Shaman created her app My Child to help children with speech conditions. Photo: Apple
Jawaher Shaman, who grew up in Saudia Arabia, now studies the Apple Developer Academy in Riyadh. As a kid, she was very close to her grandfather, but he died when she was 5 years old. She soon developed a stutter that took a long time to overcome.
She intends her winning app playground, My Child, to help others with speech conditions.
“My father never made me feel different, and I hope my app will do the same for any child or young person who suffers from stuttering,” she said. “I don’t want them to ever feel like stuttering is a hurdle they can’t overcome.”
Here’s what the app does:
My Child tells Shaman’s story through the eyes of a child who stutters, and features characters inspired by her father and grandfather. The app guides users through exercises that help slow down their breathing and prepare them for real-life experiences like reading a story in class. Shaman used AVFAudio to add sounds that mimic the way her father would break sentences into small, more manageable parts.
After graduation, Shaman will work as a programmer in Saudi Arabia, and she also wants to publish My Child on the App Store and continue creating apps that assist others.
“I hope to use technology to help children who are neurodivergent because I know what it’s like to feel different,” said Shaman, who intends to become a programmer and hopes to publish My Child on the App Store.
“Coding for me opened up a world of possibilities, and it brings me one step closer to achieving my goals, which are to help people and create a lasting impact,” she added.
It’s hard to know where to start on Apple Arcade because the service offers so many titles. But we scoured the catalog and found all the best Apple Arcade games so you can get right to the good stuff.
Unfortunately, many mobile games are hardly games at all. They come stuffed with invasive ads, dark patterns that nudge you to spend money, and push notifications that keep drawing you back in. Apple Arcade flips the business model to a low-cost subscription. It costs just $6.99 per month (and is included in every tier of the Apple One subscription bundles.) Plus, you can get a free seven-day trial. And you can grab a free three-month subscription when you buy a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac.
Every game on the service is totally free to play — and many are totally fun. Here’s our guide to the very best Apple Arcade games.
Cityscapes: Sim Builder
You must factor in the environment in Cityscapes: Sim Builder. Screenshot: Playstack
If you miss playing SimCity 2000 (and you’re upset that Cities: Skylines II isn’t getting a port to the Mac) your consolation prize is Cityscapes: Sim Builder.
In this classic city-building game, you must balance the needs of your citizens as you develop housing, transportation, utilities and public services — all while staying within your budget.
It’s not really as challenging as the classics in the genre. There’s a lot of simple clicking to upgrade things in turn, and the tutorial levels are somewhat railroaded. However, it definitely scratches the city-building itch.
Don’t worry if you don’t own a giant screen to play it on. The Cityscapes interface scales down nicely to an iPhone just as well as it plays on a Mac or iPad.
Match ingredients to recipes and start cooking in Cooking Mama: Cuisine! Screenshot: Office Create/Apple Arcade
In this cooking simulator, you pick an ingredient and a tool to get started. But to prepare the dish in Cooking Mama: Cuisine!, you’ll need to act fast. Seasoning with salt and pepper, flipping a pan to cook meat on each side, rolling out dough, cutting onions — each comes with its own game mechanics that you need to learn and use in a matter of seconds.
What are you even cooking? You won’t know until the very end, when you’re presented with the results of your fine work.
Gorgeous minimalist popcorn-themed graphics in this Minesweeper-style game. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
This is, as the name may imply, a minimalistic, popcorn-themed reimagining of the classic Minesweeper game. Cornsweeper’s story mode comes with premade levels, a store full of upgrades that add new game mechanics and, best of all, a Hall of Grain. The popcorn-based humor remains a constant throughout the game.
A new, modern JellyCar game on Apple Arcade! Screenshot: Walaber/Apple TV+
In this game, you drive a car up and around a world of puzzles, blocks, ramps, moving balls and more.
Except everything is a little squishy. Your car can squeeze through a bunch of tight spaces you wouldn’t expect. Sometimes, you need to speed over a bridge before it buckles beneath you.
Two people can play JellyCar Worlds at once with local multiplayer using a connected controller — and you can even design your own car. (Read more: 7 squishy reasons you should play JellyCar Worlds.)
Piloting a motorcycle though a city is just part of Sayonara Wild Hearts. Screenshot: Annapurna
This rhythm game takes a neon cyberpunk style and runs with it. Sayonara Wild Hearts’ custom soundtrack is amazing. Plus, the story is really weird and surreal. And, just when you think you know what you’re in for, a completely different level shakes things up.
Don’t let the game’s simple controls fool you into thinking Sayonara Wild Hearts is easy or boring. It is described in the App Store as “a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords and breaking hearts at 200 mph.” (Read Cult of Mac’s review: Sayonara Wild Hearts is Apple Arcade’s wildest ride.)
The shovel is mightier than the sword! Photo: Yacht Club Games/Apple Arcade
This is a classic 2D platformer game with fittingly retro graphics to match the old-school genre. You play as a knight wielding a shovel as you dig your way through cavernous levels. At the end of this perilous journey full of pixelated monsters, you will get back your stolen loot.
Draw a shape with your finger and see if it solves the puzzle. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Squiggle Drop is a one-of-a-kind puzzle game where you have to draw a single shape with your finger and release it to solve the puzzle.
Can you draw a shape that simultaneously pops three different bubbles? Or turns a screw to just the right angle? Or pushes an anchor out of a boat? Or flips a pancake?
This game makes you feel like an incredible mastermind and a terrible artist all at once.
The Pinball Wizard is a really fun, unique game. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Do you want to play a magical, dungeon-crawling, monster-murdering game, or do you want to play pinball? Finally, you no longer need to choose, thanks to The Pinball Wizard.
This game is incredibly creative and fun. Like any old Atari game, it’s easy to learn, but difficult to master. I keep coming back to this one.
This isn’t a typical racing game. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Made by the same developers behind What the Golf?, this game is an incredibly silly parody of racing games. Every level hits you with a different and completely wacky game mechanic.
What the Car? will keep you on your toes — just like the car you play, which inexplicably runs around on legs.
Wurdweb takes one aspect of a crossword puzzle and goes to town with it. Photo: Aran & Adriaan
wurdweb is a twist on crossword puzzles, where instead of guessing the word, you’re building the puzzle.
In the daily puzzle, you lay out as many words as you can, earning points for longer words and for how many words you can fit on the board. In other challenges, you need to build a web that touches the end square.
It’s also a bit like Scrabble, except there’s no pressure to come up with the words yourself. Hit certain tiles on the board and you get extra points or extra words added to your list.
You may have heard of these games before. Apple commissioned the developers of these vintage App Store games to remake them for Apple Arcade. Apple calls them App Store Greats, and they all come with their original in-app purchases removed. They’re totally free to play. So maybe it’s no wonder they rank as some of the best Apple Arcade games around.
Asphalt 8: Airborne+
Playing in the Vienna course in the Donkervoort D8. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
This racing game will take you in real cars, both ordinary and crazy, all around the world on a bunch of tracks inspired by real locations.
The Apple Arcade version of Asphalt 8: Airborne+ strips out all the in-app purchases and currency, so there’s no pay-to-win — you unlock new vehicles, tracks and levels by racing. It’s balanced really well, in my opinion, demanding you learn new tricks to earn more stars to unlock new classes at a regular pace.
Are you smart enough for Bridge Constructor+? Image: Headup
This puzzle game puts you in charge as civil engineer, building bridges that can withstand the heaviest vehicles on a tightly constrained budget.
You have an idea in your head, only to discover you don’t have the budget for it at all. You come up with something else that looks good, but it immediately collapses before any traffic arrives. You get some trucks going across and there’s nail-biting tension as to whether it’ll make it across or not.
And when you finally get it right, you’ll immediately want to do the next one.
Go on a gills and glory quest in Ridiculous Fishing EX.
In this classic fishing simulator, you throw your line and tilt your phone to try and make it go as deep as possible. Then you try to hook as many weird fish as possible on your way back up. Finally, you throw all the fish in the air and try to shoot them with your gun. Exactly how I remember all those long Sundays with my dad.
Ridiculous Fishing EX is a remake of the 2013 original, with beautiful new 3D graphics, new levels and game modes, and an in-game fish-based parody of TikTok.
The popular web game is now ad-free on Apple Arcade. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac
Snake.io+ is a simple live online game where you play as a snake eating bits to grow bigger. But there are other snakes as well, competing with you! If you crash into them, you’re out.
It’s like Shark! Shark! for the Intellivision except you play Snake.io live with other people. It’s just as addictive. And, with the Apple Arcade version, you get no ads and free restore points.
Students who entered the WWDC 2024 coding challenge can today sign in to Apple’s Swift Student Challenge website to find out if they’ve won. Apple has selected 350 winners, who are eligible to attend the WWDC 2024 special event at Apple Park on Monday, June 10.
There are 50 Distinguished Winners who will be invited to Cupertino for a three-day Apple Park event that will include the keynote meetup and two additional days of opportunities to interface with Apple engineers.
Those who are not selected as Distinguished Winners can enter Apple’s lottery for a chance to be able to be selected to go to the Apple Park keynote event. Apple is inviting developers and students to apply, but because space is limited, selections are made through a random process. Lottery winners will be notified on Thursday, April 4.
Swift Student Challenge winners who are not picked to go to the Apple Park event can follow along with Apple’s announcements on the Apple Developer website, the Apple Developer app, and YouTube. Winners will also be eligible to enter to attend future WWDC events for the next two years.
Lottery winners selected for Apple’s event will need to fund their own travel to Cupertino, California, purchasing plane tickets and hotel accommodations.
Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge tasks students with creating an innovative coding project using the Swift Playgrounds app. Projects are judged based on technical accomplishment, creativity of ideas, and the content of the written responses that explain the project.
In addition to being eligible to attend the WWDC 2024 special event, Swift Student Challenge winners also receive a one year membership in the Apple Developer Program and exclusive merchandise. This year’s winners are receiving free AirPods Max headphones.
WWDC 2024 is set to take place from Monday, June 10 to Friday, June 14.
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As part of today’s WWDC 2024 announcement, Apple said that it plans to announce this year’s Swift Student Challenge winners on Thursday, March 28. The annual Swift Student Challenge asks students to create an innovative coding project using the Swift Playgrounds app.
While Apple normally starts the Swift Student Challenge when WWDC dates are announced, the company launched the challenge early to give students more time to work on their projects.
Submissions were accepted from February 5 to February 25, and are now closed.
Apple is selecting 350 winners for the 2024 challenge, all of whom will be eligible to attend the June 10 WWDC Special Event at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. Winners will need to enter the lottery process to get a chance to attend.
Apple is also choosing 50 Distinguished Winners recognized for “outstanding submissions.” The Distinguished Winners will be invited to Cupertino for a three-day experience that will include the Special Event keynote viewing and other activities.
Swift Student Challenge winners will be informed via email if they’ve won later this week. Projects are judged based on technical accomplishment, creativity of ideas, and the content of written responses explaining the project.
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If you like to learn more about what it takes to be and OpenAI grant winner you are sure to enjoy this interview conducted by David Shapiro with the cofounders of Meaning Alignment, Ellie and Oliver. Securing a grant from OpenAI for their significant contributions to AI ethics. Ellie and Oliver have spearheaded the development of a unique tool known as Moral Graphs, which are designed to weave human values into the fabric of AI technology. Their work is not just theoretical; it has real-world implications, influencing how AI systems interact with people on a daily basis.
At the heart of the Institute’s mission is the creation of AI that is attuned to human values, ensuring that the decisions made by these systems are both beneficial and meaningful. The moral graphs they’ve developed are intricate structures that encapsulate human values and the relationships between them. These graphs are built by analyzing real-life scenarios and identifying what the Institute terms “wiser values,” which are crucial for AI to recognize and support the complex moral fabric of human society.
The Institute’s vision extends into the future, imagining an economy in the post-AI era that is driven by meaning and values rather than mere productivity or profit. They foresee economic systems and policies that are designed to ensure a fulfilling life for all individuals. To bring this vision to life, the Institute is actively engaged in practical experiments with local policy and the development of an economy centered around meaning.
Meaning Alignment interview
The task of aligning AI with human values is intricate, requiring a deep understanding of ethics, philosophy, and psychology. The Institute’s work involves scaling their moral graphs to encompass a broader spectrum of values and continuously refining AI models to align with these values. This is an ongoing process that evolves with societal norms and standards.
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“We received an OpenAI grant to build a democratic process called Democratic Fine-Tuning (DFT), and create the first Moral Graph. Here, we will present our early results.
Our goal with DFT is to make one fine-tuned model that works for Republicans, for Democrats, and in general across ideological groups and across cultures; one model that people all around the world can all consider “wise”, because it’s tuned by values we have broad consensus on. We hope this can help avoid a proliferation of models with different tunings and without morality, fighting to race to the bottom in marketing, politics, etc. For more on these motivations, read our introduction post.
To achieve this goal, we use two novel techniques: First, we align towards values rather than preferences, by using a chatbot to elicit what values the model should use when it responds, gathering these values from a large, diverse population. Second, we then combine these values into a “moral graph” to find which values are most broadly considered wise.
Here, we will present the first moral graph, based on convergent values identified from a representative sample of US citizens. Later work will explore gathering values globally, and fine-tuning an LLM based on these values.
We’ll start with our two novel techniques, contextualize them with a tour of the process, then share the results and what they mean for AI alignment.”
As AI systems become increasingly advanced, the imperative for them to operate ethically grows stronger. The Institute’s research is pivotal in guaranteeing that future superintelligent systems will not only adhere to human values but will also promote them. This is particularly crucial as we stand on the cusp of an era where AI’s capabilities could surpass human intelligence.
The Institute’s research also includes hands-on experiments with local policy and the development of a meaning-centered economy. These experiments are essential for understanding how to integrate concepts of meaning and value into economic and governance systems. One of the most daunting challenges the Institute faces is quantifying meaning. However, they have developed methods to measure it, providing a more objective framework for assessing how well AI systems and policies align with human values.
The Meaning Alignment Institute’s work represents a significant step toward a future where AI not only supports but also enhances human life. By crafting moral graphs and striving for AI to resonate with human values, Ellie and Oliver are at the forefront of a movement that seeks to ensure technology fulfills humanity’s deep-seated need for meaning and purpose. Their efforts are shaping a world where AI is not just a tool for efficiency but a partner in creating a richer, value-driven human experience.
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Apple has unveiled the App Store Award winners for 2023, and a total of 14 different apps have been recognized by Apple this year and the App of the year award has been given to the AllTrails app.
The iPad App of the Year winner is Pret-a-Makreup and the award for the Mac App of the Year goes to Photomator, SmartGym wins the awards for the Apple WEatch and Mubi fopr the Apple TV.
Apple today unveiled the winners of the 2023 App Store Awards, recognising 14 apps and games that empowered users to unleash their creativity, discover a world of new adventures, and have fun with family and friends. This year’s winners include developers from across the world, whose apps and games were chosen by the App Store’s Editorial team for providing users with meaningful experiences and inspiring cultural change. App Store Award winners were selected from nearly 40 finalists for delivering exceptional technical innovation, user experience, and design.
“It’s inspiring to see the ways developers continue to build incredible apps and games that are redefining the world around us,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “This year’s winners represent the limitless potential of developers to bring their visions to life, creating apps and games with remarkable ingenuity, exceptional quality, and purpose-driven missions.”
You can find out more information about Apple’s App Store Award winners for 2023 over at Apple’s website at the link below, there are a range of other App Awards in different categories as well.
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