Sean O’Sullivan has been announced as the BT Young Scientist of the Year.

Seán from Coláiste Chiaráin in Limerick beat out 549 different projects for the top spot with his algorithm that detects if ChatGPT  has plagiarised an author.

The moment The winner of the 60th #BTYSTE 2024 was announced!

Congratulations Seán O’Sullivan from Coláiste Chiaráin, Limerick 🙌🙌🙌
 
His winning project is ‘VerifyMe: A new approach to authorship attribution in the post-ChatGPT era’
 #BTYSTE2024 pic.twitter.com/iXUoVieChw

— BT Young Scientist (@BTYSTE) January 12, 2024

He has won a cash prize of €7,500 and will represent Ireland at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Poland later this year.

Main image: Seán O'Sullian. Image: BT Young Scientist