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Dear CincyAI Community Member —

Happy New Year — hope you enjoyed the holidays and that your 2025 is off to a wonderful start! And for everyone who made it to CES, can’t wait to hear your experience and top takeaways!

🥳 Upcoming CincyAI for Humans:

Our first meetup of 2025 is tomorrow, Tuesday, January 14! It’s sold out, so if your plans have changed, please update your RSVP. For those attending, as always, we’ll be meeting from 3-5pm at the UC Digital Futures in room 140.

We know there’s still ice and snow out, so please be careful and if in doubt, please stay home. :)

You can RSVP to our February 4 CincyAI for Humans today!

As a reminder, the first 15 meetup registrants who also sign up for it on Eventbrite can get a tour of UC’s Digital Futures! These are on a first-come, first-served basis and are an excellent opportunity to learn about all of the amazing labs and research that’s taking place in the building. Each tour will start at 2:30pm and is led by the wonderful Kyle Maycock. These will be taking place before every meeting in 2025!

✏️ Few Notes to Flag:

• 📊 Survey — Thank you to everyone who participated in our CincyAI for Humans State of AI for Greater Cincinnati and NKY Survey done in partnership with the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce! You’ll receive the results, and everyone is invited to join the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce on February 6 to hear about the report and more from a panel of AI experts. Panelists will include CincyAI’s Kendra Ramirez, Helen Todd, Rob Richardson, and ArtsWave BLINK artist Chaske Haverkos.

• 🤠 SXSW 2025 — There was interest in attending SXSW this year and joining a CincyAI cohort. SXSW is March 7-15 in Austin, TX. Interested in joining the CincyAI cohort attending SXSW 2025? — Let us quickly know!

📸 Content Credentials:

This image from our December meetup has Content Credentials added at the moment of capture! If you save it, you can inspect the image at contentcredentials.org to verify the Content Credentials!

💝 Thank You To:

Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and our December 2025 Special Guest Speakers — Not only did the CAI sponsor December’s meetup but also shared more about their important work. The Pixelstream co-founders showed us all a demo of Content Credentials at work! Guest speakers included: Nick Gatz (Sr. Manager, State and Local Government, Adobe), Tim Murphy (Co-Founder, Pixelstream), and Erin Oberhauser, Co-Founder, Pixelstream — big big thank you!!

Big Kitty Labs — Our sponsors help cover the costs of hosting CincyAI, a volunteer organization, including food, drink, and photography. Big Kitty Labs is sponsoring all of 2025 and we couldn’t be more honored and grateful for their support to help make CincyAI possible!

UC Digital Futures and Dr. Kelly Cohen — We’re honored to partner with and host our CincyAI meetups at the UC Digital Futures building, an interdisciplinary research facility home to globally recognized leading research in responsible AI. A special thank you to our organizing partner, Dr. Kelly Cohen. If you’re interested in learning more about how you can partner with UC Research Labs to save costs and time researching, testing, and validating your AI initiatives, visit: https://ucdigitalfutures.com.

Ellie and Laura from À Lala Carte for the amazing charcuterie cups and David Choate’s DC Productions for the fantastic photos.

Our CincyAI Volunteers — Much appreciation to Sabrina Donley, Irv Cassio, Greg Goshorn, and Tushar Kulkarni who meet on Saturdays and help make CincyAI possible.

And most importantly: THANK YOU!

We couldn’t be more excited to have you be part of the largest AI community in the region and for being part of this dynamic community where the whole is not just greater but exponential in its impact. We’re an important node to the burgeoning AI ecosystem here in Cincinnati, leading the way with Responsible AI.

Thank you!

-Kendra & Helen
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December Event Photos & Video Recap

Check out the photos from our last meetup!  Feel free to share the photos and use #CincyAI! Word of mouth definitely contributes to our growing community.

All the photos from every meetup are on Flickr to make them more accessible and easier to share.

Here’s the video recap from the meeting too.

UC Digital Futures Updates

From Dr. Kelly Cohen: I am happy to announce that Digital Technology Solutions will be hosting an AI and Emerging Technology Symposium on February 20, 2025. This event is open to all University of Cincinnati faculty, students, and staff, and we are calling for proposals in the following areas: https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2024/10/uc-invites-students-faculty-and-staff-to-present-at-ai-symposium.html 

CincyAI 2025 Dates + Community News & Updates

For resources on AI, visit our website: https://cincyai.org/ai-events-resources/

JANUARY
👷‍♀️ JANUARY 14 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), Jan meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
🤝 JANUARY 14 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Jan meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts) — SOLD OUT

FEBRUARY
🤝 FEBRUARY 4 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Feb meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)  — 🎟 RSVP today!

📍 FEBRUARY 6 Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati (Kendra, Helen, Rob, and Chaske are Speakers!)
👷‍♀️ FEBRUARY 12 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), Feb meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
📍 FEBRUARY 15 T­E­Dx­U­Cincinnati­Salon, Cincinnati
📍 FEBRUARY 20 Dr. Kelly Cohen: AI and Emerging Technology Symposium, Cincinnati

MARCH
🤝 MARCH 4 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), March meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ MARCH 11 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), March meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
🤠 MARCH 7-15 🎟 SXSW (#SXSW), Austin (Helen Todd Speaker!) Interested in joining the CincyAI cohort attending?

APRIL
🤝 APRIL 1 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), April meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ APRIL 9 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), April meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
📍 APRIL 9 OhioX GovTech Summit 
📍 APRIL 26 T­E­Dx­U­Cincinnati, Cincinnati

MAY
🤝 MAY 6 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), May meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
📍 MAY 8 OhioX 2025 Ohio Tech Summit (OhioX, #OhioX), Columbus (On radar to attend)
👷‍♀️ MAY 13 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), May meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
📍 MAY 16 Power to Pursue, Cincinnati (Kendra Speaker) 

JUNE
📍 JUNE 10-12 Cincy AI Week (#CincyAIWeek), Cincinnati (CincyAI Community Partner)
🤝 JUNE 17 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), June meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)

JULY
🤝 JULY 1 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), July meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ JULY 8 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), July meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
🎥 JULY 17-20 (Tentative dates) ArtsWave 2025 Black and Brown Artists Grant Program Showcase, Cincinnati (Creativity Squared Media Partner)
🎥 JULY 16-18 Data 4 Public Good (D4PG, #D4PG), Minneapolis (Creativity Squared Media Partner) 

AUGUST
🤝 AUGUST 5 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Aug meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ AUGUST 13 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), Aug meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)

SEPTEMBER
🤝 SEPTEMBER 2 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Sept meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ SEPTEMBER 9 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), Sept meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
📍 SEPTEMBER 10-11 MidwestCon (#MidwestCon), Cincinnati (CincyAI Community Partner)
📍 SEPTEMBER 26 OhioX Ohio Tech Day (OhioX, #OhioX), Columbus

OCTOBER
🤝 OCTOBER 7 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Oct meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts) - 2 Year Anniversary! 🥳
👷‍♀️ OCTOBER 8 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), October meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer)
📍 OCTOBER 14-16 Marketing AI Conference (MAICON, #MAICON) Cleveland

NOVEMBER
🤝 NOVEMBER 4 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Nov meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ NOVEMBER 11 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), November meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer) - 2 Year Anniversary! 🥳
📍 NOVEMBER 19 OhioX Ohio AI Summit (OhioX, #OhioX), Columbus

DECEMBER
🤝 DECEMBER 2 CincyAI for Humans (CincyAI, #CincyAI), Dec meetup, Cincinnati (Kendra Ramirez and Helen Todd Volunteer Co-Founders and Co-Hosts)
👷‍♀️ DECEMBER 10 Cincinnati AI Catalyst (CaiC, #CincinnatiAICatalyst), Dec meeting, Cincinnati (Apply to join and volunteer) 🥳

Recurring Events:

• Every Thursday - Discover how AI solutions like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot can transform your business marketing at our 'Get It Done' workshops every Thursday at 11 AM EST at Business Tech Corner, where we demystify AI, show you how to leverage its power for growth, and allow you to implement solutions on the spot—your future, automated and efficient, awaits; use this Zoom link (Here’s the YouTube playlist of previous sessions)

• Fourth Friday Series - for the Cincinnati Region: On the 4th Friday of each month, the Cincinnati AI Catalyst presents: 11 AM EST: Community AI Education Series + 12 noon EST: AI Blueprint for the Cincinnati Region - monthly call; To be added to the distribution list, write to [email protected]

Have an event that will add value to the CincyAI community? Add it to this thread for consideration to be included in our next email!

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

Resources: https://cincyai.org/ai-events-resources/