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Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort

Emergent Ventures, a fellowship program by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, announced its 57th cohort of winners, including 15-year-old Oisin O'Gorman from Dublin for work on misinformation and deepfakes, Stanford's Karsen Lee Wahal for research on AI's impact on the web and media slant, and Nik Verma from Chicago for developing a legal framework for AI agents. The cohort also features international winners from Ukraine, Turkey, and Slovenia, with projects ranging from privacy and AI agent protection to longevity and publishing Leibniz papers.

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Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort
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Oisin O’Gorman, 15, Dublin, misinformation and fakes.

Karsen Lee Wahal, Stanford, is AI killing the web?, and measuring media slant.

[Davy Deng](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davy-deng-280638194/), with Claire Wang (previous winner), whole brain emulation, MIT.

[Enej Grmek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/enej-grmek-20710b274/), 16, Ljubljana, privacy.

Vladimir Shmelev, Ukraine, Ukrainian children for relief trips to Montenegro.

Nik Verma, Chicago, a legal framework for AI agents.

Emirhan Demir and Çınar Yıldırım, Istanbul area, 19, protection against AI agents.

Midhat Doruk, 14, Ankara, longevity, biology, and skin cosmetics. Burak Yilmaz, 17, Diyarbarkir, Turkey, browser-native authentication.

Lloyd Strickland, London, to publish the remaining Leibniz papers, including on computation.

[Abdul Quyum](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdul-quyum-9a2a513a6/), 15, Perth, organizing information and data.

[Catharine Young](https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-young-ph-d-25959148/), podcast on women in science, science communication tranche, Cambridge/DC.
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