Greater Nashua

NASHUA - Five students at Nashua High School South were recently named the New Hampshire winners of the 15th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM competition with their invention, VerifAI. Team member Kieran Besada, a junior, said social media platforms, particularly TikTok, are rife with misinformation. He said that according to Newsguard, 20 percent of the information in TikTok videos is inaccurate. “That seemed like a prevalent problem,” said Besada. In addition, of the 170 million TikTok users in the U.S., a third of them are 14 years old or younger. To combat the problem of misinformation, Besada and his classmates utilized artificial intelligence and spent three weeks developing VerifAI. Sophomore Ameya Kharade, a student mentor, said attention to detail was crucial during the development process. “Minor inaccuracies would be a huge deal,” he said. ...