All Things Open AI

All new this year is All Things Open AI, an event that has the potential to become another big tent event similar to All Things Open’s signature conference. Artificial intelligence is, of course the current big thing, even bigger in terms of money being spent than Kubernetes and containers were previously, and the cloud before that.

“AI is a priority given how fast it’s evolving and its potential impact, so a stand-alone event was warranted in our opinion,” said Todd Lewis, the ATO organization’s founder.

For this event, Lewis and his team are partnering with Mark Hinkle, who these days is heavily involved in the AI arena, especially in the RDU RTP area. He’s an organizer for the RDU Artificial Intelligence Meetup; the editor of The Artificially Intelligent Enterprise, which is both a newsletter and a podcast; and founder and CEO of Peripety Labs, a consulting firm that focuses on generative AI and emerging technologies.

The event’s first day will be a workshop day that will include three hands-on workshops: Building RAG Implementations, AI Agents, and Desktop Productivity. The second day will be a more traditional conference day, and will feature sessions spread out across three tracks: AI Builders, AI Engineers, and AI Users. The second day will be a more traditional tech conference sort of day, with 15 and 45 minute sessions across three tracks: AI Builders, AI Engineers, and AI Users.

The schedule for the second day hasn’t been published yet, but anyone thinking about attending can keep their eyeballs on the event’s website that’s already up and running. We’ll publish a link to the schedule page as soon as it’s known to us.

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