AI meetup (June): AI, GenAI and LLMs

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Description:
Welcome to our in-person AI meetup in Boston. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI/ML, food/drink, networking with speakers & fellow developers.

Agenda:

• 5:30pm~6:20pm: Checkin, Food and Networking
• 6:20pm~6:30pm: Welcome/community update
• 6:30pm~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A
• 8:00pm: Open discussion & Mixer

Tech Talk: Tailoring Foundation Models for Generative AI Applications
Speaker: Suman Debnath (AWS)
Abstract: In this session, we will focus on fine-tuning, continuous pretraining, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to customize foundation models using Amazon Bedrock. Attendees will explore and compare strategies such as prompt engineering, which reformulates tasks into natural language prompts, and fine-tuning, which involves updating the model's parameters based on new tasks and use cases. The session will also highlight the trade-offs between usability and resource requirements for each approach. Participants will gain insights into leveraging the full potential of large models and learn about future advancements aimed at enhancing their adaptability.

Tech Talk: Generate Synthetic Data to Test LLM Applications
Speaker: Yi Zhang (Relari)
Abstract: In this session, I will discuss the benefits of using synthetic datasets, how to generate high-fidelity synthetic data and examples for RAG and AI agent applications.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 8,000+ AI developers in Boston or 350K+ worldwide.

Community Partners:
Contact us if you are interested in partnership.
- Microsoft: Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Every day, the innovative technology we create here takes that mission to new and exciting places and impacts the lives of millions of people around the world.

Community on Slack/Discord

• Event chat: chat and connect with speakers and attendees
• Sharing blogs, events, job openings, projects collaborations