Ayush completed a summer internship in AI and machine learning through Teachnook and Aican Automate. He learned Python programming and exploratory data analysis techniques. For his minor project, he built a countdown timer in Python, and for his major project he performed exploratory data analysis on a dataset. He gained valuable practical experience in machine learning domains and technologies like Anaconda and Jupyter Notebook. The internship helped him develop new skills and network for his career goals in AI and machine learning.