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Komal Singh wants kids to see themselves in her books

Photo of Komal Singh sitting on a chair against a white background. She is looking into the camera and smiling, holding a book in each hand. One is "Ara the Star Engineer" and the other is "Ara the Dream Innovator."

Komal’s 20 percent team is using AI to make characters that all kids can see themselves in.

Four images of children with blurred faces are in a row; one has alopecia, one has green hair, one has a head scarf, and one has dark curly hair. Below them are animated characters that look like them. The words “AI prototype: Personalizable Protagonist” are at the top of the image.

Komal and Ipek turned to an Indigenous Googler for help getting the illustration of their Indigenous character right.

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