Most conversations around artificial intelligence focus on what it can do. Janya Phlaphongphanich, 17, founder of LivLit and student at Bangkok Patana School, is more interested in what it cannot.

Brighter Future, an interschool youth organization based in Thailand, has earned international acclaim after receiving the 2025 Global Youth Action Fund Winner Award from the International Baccalaureate (IB) with the highest grant of US$3,000 and being named a top-five finalist in the Global Good Awards’ Canon Young Champion (Under 21s) category.