CJ Olivenetworks said on the 28th that it held "Girls Can Do IT 2026," a hackathon program run in partnership with the CJ-UNESCO girls' education campaign.
Thirty female middle school students from nine community child centers in the greater Seoul area, all member organizations of CJ Donors Camp, took part in the event. CJ Olivenetworks has run "CJ AX Creative Camp," an AI and software education program staffed by its own employees, since 2015 to help close the digital education gap. "Girls Can Do IT" is a corporate social responsibility program tied to the CJ-UNESCO girls' education campaign, designed to deepen students' understanding of AI and support their exploration of careers in digital fields.
This year's competition introduced a new curriculum built around nutrition and healthy eating, incorporating big data and AI technology. The course content drew on the values of improved nutrition and good health set out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). CJ Olivenetworks said it designed the curriculum so that students would not simply study nutrition issues but gain hands-on experience solving everyday problems by connecting the food industry with big data and AI technology.
At the main hackathon event, held on the 22nd of this month at the CJ Human Resources Development Center in Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, participating students teamed up with CJ Olivenetworks employees to analyze nutritional data for individual ingredients and use generative AI to develop recipes for healthier eating. The students cooked dishes based on the recipes they created and presented their data analysis process, their use of AI and the expected benefits by team. The event featured a range of AI-developed dishes aimed at addressing health concerns among the students' families and friends, including a relative with a calcium deficiency and a friend living with diabetes.
