(As a reminder, click “Read Online” in the upper right-hand corner of this email so nothing gets truncated ;).

Dear CincyAI Community Member — 

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to everyone in our community who is a veteran — we appreciate you and all you’ve done to serve and protect our community and nation.

Also, thank you to everyone who joined us for our November meetup and to those who got up and inspired us with what you’re excited about during the QuickBytes portion!

Friends help shape the future of AI in Greater Cincinnati and NKY! We're launching the CincyAI for Humans State of AI Survey to capture the voices across our community. This brief survey (takes less than 4 minutes) is your chance to share valuable insights on AI use, adoption, and challenges in our region — completely anonymously.

Why participate? Your feedback will contribute to the 2025 State of AI Report for Greater Cincinnati and NKY, an in-depth resource to help local leaders understand the opportunities and barriers to AI adoption.

Survey Deadline: November 30, 2024
Report Release: Q1 2025

Be a part of this important initiative and lend your voice to our community’s AI journey. Thank you for your support! 🤗

Take the quick survey now!

It’s had to believe, but we only have one more CincyAI for Humans meetup this year — RSVP for our December 3 meetup today! 

For this gathering, we’re proud to partner with the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative! 🥳

During our QuickBytes, there will be special programming in addition to our regular QuickBytes that includes:

👉The Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), how the community is working to restore trust and transparency in the age of generative AI, and ways to get involved. 

👉How legislators around the world are crafting state and federal policies to help mitigate the harms of AI and to include provenance or disclosure in generative AI products.

👉Content Credentials, like a digital nutrition label for content, enabling anyone to understand the provenance or history of content. Learn why it’s important, how the standard is rolling out across the Internet, and see a demo on how to add your attribution, set your AI training preferences, and more.

A representative from Adobe will be joining us — stay tuned for updates!

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to get a download on this important movement and to connect, collaborate, and celebrate the final CincyAI meetup of the year!

Don’t forget that the first 15 people who sign up 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.

Our meetups are 3-5pm in room 140 at the UC Digital Futures building located at 3080 Exploration Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45206.

RSVP for free now!

Also, a massive thank you to our sponsors Seven Hills Technology and Big Kitty Labs. Our sponsors help cover the costs of hosting CincyAI, a volunteer organization, including food, drink, photography, and video. Sponsors like these help make CincyAI possible! If you’re interested in sponsoring, don’t be shy. 😉 

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.

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

The gratitude continues to our volunteers: Sabrina Donley, Irv Cassio, Greg Goshorn, and Tushar Kulkarni!

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
Your CincyAI Cohosts
📬 https://cincyai.beehiiv.com 
🤝 https://cincyai.org/
🗞 CincyAI LinkedIn Page
🎥 CincyAI Video Playlist

Sign up for Kendra’s AI Simplified newsletter:

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

Sign up for Helen’s Creativity Squared newsletter on AI and creativity:

For our own CincyAI member interviews on Helen’s Creativity Squared podcast, click on over for Ben Nash, Rob Richardson, Alejandro Lozano Robledo, and Dr. Andrew Cullison’s interviews. If you’re interested in getting cloned, book your appointment here!

November 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 

Community News & Updates

Upcoming 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]

• November 12 - WitCon’s Annual Conference

• November 13 NKU BizAccess Hub 8:30-12:30 hands-on 201 session build GPTs with Chris Brock

• November 13 - Taste of IT conference in Dayton

• November 14 - Tech Takeover with The Circuit

• November 15-17 - QueenCity Con hackathon, cybersecurity & students

• November 16 - PMI Conference

• November 20 - Ohio AI Summit in Columbus

• December 3 - Next CincyAI for Humans meetup

• December 3-5 - Cincy Cyber Week

• December 9 - “Farewell, Information Age — Welcome to the Imagination Age”

• February 20, 2025 - Kelly Cohen: AI and Emerging Technology Symposium

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/

Next Meetup: Tuesday, December 3

Know someone else who’d enjoy being part of the CincyAI meetup community? Don’t be shy - share this newsletter or the Evenbrite link with them!

• January — Tuesday, Jan 9: Photos & Video

• February — Tuesday, Feb 6: Photos & Video

• March — Tuesday, March 5: Photos & Video

• April — Tuesday, April 16: Photos & Video

• May — Tuesday, May 7: Photos & Video

• June — Tuesday, June 4: Photos & Video

• July — Tuesday, July 9: Photos & Video

• August — Tuesday, Aug 6: Photos & Video

• September — Tuesday, Sept 17: Photos

• October — Tuesday, Oct 8: Photos - Our 1-year anniversary!! 🥳

• November — Tuesday, Nov 5: Photos & Recap Video

• December — Tuesday, Dec 3: Sign up!

Mark Your Calendars: 2025 CincyAI Dates

January 14
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March 4
April 1
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June 17
July 1
August 5
September 2
October 7
November 4
December 2