AI Exchange October - AWS, DataIQ

Join us on 29th of October for the next edition of the AI Exchange, hosted by AWS in London.

This month’s event dives into the evolving landscape of AI adoption, and how organisations can scale AI effectively while rethinking the industry’s “bigger is better” mindset, along with insights into how major brands are using AI as an engine for growth.

Anton Zykov and Andy Kane from AWS will explore why smaller specialised language models may outperform massive ones in real world agent applications. David Reed, Chief Knowledge Officer at DataIQ, will share insights from leading data executives on how enterprises are scaling AI responsibly, balancing bold strategic visions with agile, practical deployments.

Doors open at 6:30pm, with talks starting promptly at 7pm. Please also make sure to bring a form of ID to the event.

Make sure to RSVP soon to secure your spot, as our events tend to fill up fast. Please also make sure to include your first name and surname when RSVPing to the event.

Agenda:

Anton Zykov & Andy Kane @ AWS

Smaller Language Models for Smarter AI Agents

What if the AI industry's obsession with building ever larger language models is actually making agents worse at their jobs? This presentation takes you on a journey from the early days of language models to today's trillion parameter behemoths, revealing why these impressive giants consistently stumble when tasked with real-world agent scenarios. We'll explore a counterintuitive solution small, strategically fine tuned models under 20B parameters—and showcase benchmarks that demonstrate how focusing on specialisation over scale might just revolutionise how we build practical AI agents.

David Reed, Chief Knowledge Officer @ DataIQ

Scaling AI: The Fox Knows Many Things. The Hedgehog Knows One Big Thing

In this session, David will share insights into how major brands are approaching the challenge of scaling their use of AI and using it as an engine for growth. Based on hundreds of conversations with senior data leaders, Chief Data Officers, Chief AI Officers and the like, he will consider:

The Hedgehog View

• how the C-suite views AI as an all inclusive, all you can eat driver of business growth
• why this matters when developing AI use cases
• what the benefits and downsides are of the one big thing perspective on AI

The Fox View

• how SLMs and agents are delivering the upsides of Ai through rapid scaling and deployment
• why this perspective matters, but can also lead to conflict
• when to go small and when to go big when developing AI

Can We All Just Get Along?

• how to arbitrate between these different perspectives in order to achieve strategic goals
• how data and AI leaders are responding at pace

David Reed is the author of "Winning with AI", a guide to embedding artificial intelligence into data-driven brands, and "Becoming Data Literate", a game-changing book on how to ensure data becomes central to the culture of organisations.
As Chief Knowledge Officer and Evangelist at DataIQ, where he has worked since 2011, he supports leading brands, senior data leaders and their teams to drive impact from data and AI.

Looks to be another great event, we hope to see you all there!

All the best,
The AI Exchange team

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