Mexican student wins World Education Medal for AI innovations: Video

Valeria Palacios Cruz, a 19-year-old student from Veracruz, has become the first Mexican to receive a World Education Medal, earning international recognition for her innovative use of artificial intelligence to address environmental and social challenges, organisers announced.

Her portfolio includes five AI-driven projects tackling real-world problems. Among them are drones capable of cleaning bodies of water and reforesting degraded land through automated seed dispersal, as well as humanoid robots such as Conia and Sonia, designed to support education and assist older adults with tasks such as reading prescriptions, recipes and newspapers.