{"id":5523,"date":"2026-06-04T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=5523"},"modified":"2026-06-04T17:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:56:03","slug":"ai-challenge-2026-by-sber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/ai-challenge-2026-by-sber\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Challenge 2026 by Sber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc<strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AI Challenge 2026 by Sber is an international artificial intelligence competition for school and university students. It is designed for young AI talent from around the world, including India, to solve real-world technology challenges in areas like cybersecurity, image restoration, citizen request processing, AI-generated image detection, and autonomous AI agents. 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