WA students try out new tech at ‘Hour of AI’

BELLEVUE — Enzo Dao is no stranger to artificial intelligence. The 11-year-old uses Google Gemini at home for fun and to “find out random stuff.” He uses the MagicSchool chatbot. He also loves video games. 

So when the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue ran an Hour of AI session Tuesday afternoon — a twist on the long-running student-focused Hour of Code program — Enzo decided to give it a shot. After three Microsoft employees gave a quick tutorial, he gamely flipped open his laptop.

The lesson was aimed, in part, at introducing youngsters to AI and helping them use it responsibly, according to Microsoft. The tech giant ran a…