Hello there, CincyAI Community Member — 

At our second CincyAI Meetup that took place last Tuesday, we discussed all the massive changes in AI land since our inaugural October meeting…and holy moly….all that’s transpired IN ONE WEEK since we met with Friday’s news of OpenAI’s board ousting Sam Altman is WILD! And still unfolding!

Needless to say, there will be A LOT to talk about at our next meeting on December 12 from 3-5pm at the UC Digital Futures building in room 140 again — sign up if you haven’t already! 

Our November meeting saw 120 amazing humans register. This, plus our 200 email subscribers, makes us the largest AI meetup in the Cincinnati region! 🥳 

Thank you for being part of this fast-growing and supportive community dedicated to bringing everyone interested in AI, from the AI-curious to the seasoned, together to connect and collaborate. At CincyAI, we believe in the power of collective wisdom to drive the AI revolution forward. We also understand that the whole is not just greater, but exponential in its impact, especially as Cincinnati becomes known as Responsible AI leaders!

We have a lot of follow-up items from our last meetup for you in this email:

• LinkedIn Group

  • You voted! And our new digital hub for CincyAI Meetup will be our newly created LinkedIn Group. Please join us there and feel free to introduce yourself, what aspects of AI interest you, and if you have any asks for the community. We’ll keep the sharing, connecting, and collaborating going in this space. See you there!

• CincyAI Meetup Nov. Video

  • Missed the meeting or want to hear what was said again, we’ve got you covered with this recap video, the first in our CincyAI Video Playlist.

• CincyAI Meetup Nov. Photos

  • Feel free to share our photos on social media with our hashtag #CincyAI, especially LinkedIn, to help get the word out about our growing community. (The Oct photos are linked in our last email)

• CincyAI Meetup December Meeting: Sign-Up!

  • We’ll be meeting at the same spot in December, so sign up if you haven’t already.

• CincyAI Meetup Directory & Submission Form

  • In the spirit of connecting and collaborating, we’re starting a directory of everyone in the community. Feel free to submit your contact details to be included. This will also be a great resource to audit all of the amazing AI talent and projects that we have right here in Cincinnati! (And we’ll roll out a resource hub next, so stay tuned for that ;)

• Feedback? Want to help with CincyAI planning?

  • Don’t be shy! We’re here for you and would love your feedback on what else we can do to improve this community and add as much value as possible. We know your time is precious, and we want to ensure this community and our events are meaningful for all those who participate and belong — that’s you! :)

  • We’re also open to anyone who’d love to help us with the planning of these meetups.

  • Reach out to us at [email protected].

• Interested in Sponsoring our December CincyAI Meetup?

  • Our sponsors, like November’s Seven Hills Technology, help make CincyAI meetups possible. Interested in sponsoring our December event? Let Helen or Kendra know!

A special thank you to Kelly Cohen and Amy Latessa, PhD for their partnership hosting us at the incredible UC Digital Futures building — we can't wait to incorporate student research projects into our Quick Bytes!

Also, a shout-out to Seven Hills Technology for their sponsorship to help make the November event possible (and to its partner Brad Gardner for volunteering to take extra photos for us, too!).

We also want to thank Ellie and Laura from À Lala Carte for the amazing charcuterie cups and Jeremy Griffin from David Choate’s DC Productions for the fantastic photos, video coverage, and editing.

Also noteworthy:

• Kendra has an amazing list of all the upcoming AI events in the area on her website — check it out here!

• For our own CincyAI member interviews on Helen’s Creativity Squared podcast, click on over for Ben Nash and Rob Richardson’s interviews. If you’re interested in learning more about Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), there’s an interview with the head of CAI, Andy Parsons.

Have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and holiday weekend with you and yours. We’re extremely grateful for this community and for having you be part of it!

We can’t wait to see everyone who can make December’s meetup!

-Kendra & Helen
Your CincyAI Cohosts

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Event Photos

Check out the photos from the meetup! Feel free to share them and help spread the word about CincyAI. Please add #CincyAI too.

Next Meetup: Tuesday, December 12

Our next CincyAI Meetup for Humans will be on Tuesday, December 12, from 3-5pm at the UC Digital Futures building room 140 again.

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