Some Bay Area high school students are using artificial intelligence to make schools safer.
The three teens invented a device called SIREN, which screws into ceilings like a smoke detector. The device has a microphone and a computer program that identifies a gunshot.
Within five seconds, SIREN can send a map of the school and the location of the shot through a text message to students, staff and the local police department.
The inspiration behind the device came from the school shootings in Uvalde, Texas.
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Earlier this year, the students won the top prize in the cybersecurity category of the Conrad Challenge, a prestigious innovation competition.
The students are now looking for investors and police partnerships to take SIREN to the next phase of development.
