Teen solves problems one bot at a time

Early start: From playing video games, Michael has gone on to develop several AI projects.

DESPITE the Covid-19 pandemic casting a shadow over the world, the past couple of years had been an exciting time for Michael Yoon Kay Ren.

Like a sponge, he had soaked up new knowledge with every online course he enrolled in, from computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) to game development and web programming with JavaScript.