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YAI Singapore 2026/27
Rules & Participation Agreement
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Plain-language summary
By registering, you and your parent or guardian agree that: you're eligible; your team will make its own project during the season and disclose all help and AI use; you'll follow the Code of Conduct; fees follow the Refunds policy; event photos and video may be used to show and promote YAI; your project stays yours, and YCESS may show and promote it for YAI; finalists are chosen through an online screening, so registering doesn't guarantee a place in the live finals; optional features (Player Card, YAI Ambassador, Community Choice) never affect judging; the optional Reach Bonus adds at most 5 points to a team's screening score, under its published rules, and never affects Finals Day; and YAI makes no promises about awards, admissions or certification.
1. Organiser
Youth and Children Education Society (Singapore), UEN T19SS0173D ("YCESS"). Contact: hello@ (address to be confirmed); data contact: privacy@ (address to be confirmed).
2. Eligibility
Aged 7–19 on Sat 16 Jan 2027 and studying in Singapore; proof of enrolment on request.
3. Teams and tracks
1–4 members, same age group; one team per student; one project per team; one track chosen at registration, with one change allowed until Sat 2 Jan 2027, 23:59 SGT; member changes as on the Rules page.
4. Places, fees and payment
Registration has no cap; S$68 per student; payment within 3 days, or by Sat 2 Jan 2027, 23:59 SGT, if earlier; places are confirmed on payment and all guardian confirmations, and the full challenge is then sent; unpaid registrations lapse and may be submitted again before registration closes; fee-waiver places as on the Register page.
5. Event conditions
The event goes ahead only if conditions are met on Fri 4 Dec 2026, including at least 60 confirmed, paid students; otherwise it is postponed or cancelled, and registered families keep their work.
6. Refunds
See the Refund policy.
7. Help, AI use and originality
Adults may teach tools, explain knowledge and help troubleshoot; ideas, decisions and presentation are the students'; all help and AI use are disclosed; work is made between Mon 19 Oct 2026 and Sat 9 Jan 2027, 23:59 SGT; sources are named. Teams follow each tool's own age and use terms; no adult may use their own account on a 13+ or 18+ tool to do AI work for an under-13; parents decide whether to give any permission a tool requires.
8. Photos and video
Event photos and video, including presentations and Q&A, may be used by YCESS to show and promote YAI on YAI's and YCESS's own channels. We won't publish full birthdays, contact details, ID, payment or health information. We'll prioritise group and wide shots where possible, and you can contact privacy@ (address to be confirmed) with concerns or to ask for a photo to be taken down.
9. Your project
Students and their team own their project. They grant YCESS a non-exclusive licence to show and promote it for YAI. YCESS will not sub-license it to partners for commercial products or AI training. Third-party material stays under its own licence.
10. Screening, finals, awards and appeals
Finalists (3–5 per track in each age group) are chosen through an online screening by at least two independent reviewers; registering doesn't guarantee a place in the finals; awards are decided among finalists on Finals Day and presented on Showcase & Awards Day. The optional Reach Bonus adds up to 5 points to a team's screening score as published on the Judging page; screening reviewers don't see it, and it never carries into Finals Day. Otherwise as on the Judging page; decisions are final except for appeals on eligibility, scoring errors, conflicts of interest or rule application.
11. Prizes
Paid per team within 30 days of the event; a parent receives for a minor; payment details collected from winners only after the event.
12. Optional features
The Player Card, the YAI Ambassador Programme and the Community Choice Award are optional, follow their own published rules, have no cash value and never affect judging, finalist selection or the judged awards. Player Cards and share pages are deleted on 30 Apr 2027; voting data 30 days after the event.
13. Conduct and safety
Everyone follows the Code of Conduct; ages 7–12 attend with their lead adult or a parent; pick-up only by authorised adults; one accompanying adult per student; everyone attending RSVPs by the published date.
14. Breaches
We check facts and let the team explain before deciding on a fix, deduction or disqualification.
15. Personal data
See the Privacy notice.
16. No promises
YAI does not promise awards, admissions outcomes, official certification or entry to any other competition.
17. Changes; governing law
Changes to these rules or the challenge brief are posted with a date and emailed to registered teams; Singapore law applies.
Parent or guardian confirmation
I am the parent or legal guardian of [child]. I have read and agree to the Rules & Participation Agreement, Privacy notice, Code of Conduct and Refund policy for YAI Singapore 2026/27, including the use of event photos and video described in section 8. I understand my child will follow each AI tool's age and use terms, and that I decide whether to give any permission a tool requires.