We're Launching the AITX Community Directory! | AITX Newsletter #13

Hello everyone! AITX Team here with more updates this week.

If you’re new here, welcome! 👋 At AITX, we aim to:

• Connect you with like-minded peers passionate about AI.

• Provide a space for sharing ideas and receiving feedback on AI projects you’re building.

• Share helpful tools and invaluable resources.

UPCOMING EVENTS

AI Meetup (April): AI, GenAI, LLMs and ML w/ Oracle 🤖 

• When: Tuesday, April 9 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CST

• Where: Oracle 2300 Oracle Wy · Austin, TX

• What: Monthly in-person AI meetup in Austin, in collaboration with Oracle. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and ML, food/drink, networking with speakers and fellow developers.

The Third Wave of AI: Cognitive AI 🧠 

• When: Thursday, April 11 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST

• Where: 701 Brazos St 701 Brazos St · Austin, TX

• What: Peter Voss will give a presentation of what Cognitive AI is, provide a concrete example, and explain how it differs from Statistical / Generative AI. This will be followed by general discussion.

AI CREATIVE COLLECTIVE - MEETUP #4 🖼️ 

• When: Wednesday, April 17 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST

• Where: Capital Factory 701 Brazos St · Austin, TX

• What: This meetup we will be focusing on ai art, with a special guest speaker who will share with us his experiences creating and selling digital art in Austin.

Austin AI Social Hour 👋 

• When: Thursday, April 11 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CST

• Where: Lazarus Brewing Co. 4803 Airport Blvd · Austin, TX

• What: The perfect spot to mingle with a friendly mix of people who share an interest in AI and its potential. Whether you're looking to share your latest project, seek feedback and advice, or simply connect with like-minded individuals, this is the perfect opportunity to unwind and make new connections in a relaxed, casual environment.

Artists & the Age of AI: April 2024 Meetup 💫 

• When: Thursday, April 11 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CST

• Where: 701 Brazos St 701 Brazos St · Austin, TX

• What: Connect with other artists, creatives, and technologists and stay updated on the latest developments in the arts and AI-tech space.

COMMUNITY STORIES

Texas Establishes AI Oversight Committee

The Texas House Speaker has formed the House Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies to investigate AI and emerging tech's implications across various sectors.

Led by Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, the committee aims to assess AI's societal impact and propose guidelines for its ethical use statewide.

A preliminary report is expected by May 16, marking a significant step towards understanding and regulating AI's expanding role in daily life and industry

Read more here.

AI Boosts Alzheimer's Drug Development at UT Austin

UT Austin researchers are leveraging AI to revolutionize Alzheimer's drug production, targeting a quicker, cheaper process.

Daniel Diaz's team applies AI to bioorganic chemistry, enhancing galantamine synthesis—currently reliant on costly daffodils.

With AI, such as AlphaFold, they've slashed development times, aiming to democratize drug manufacturing beyond Alzheimer’s to include heart and cancer treatments, potentially reshaping pharmaceuticals globally.

Read more here.

Hapax Introduces AI Innovation for Banks

Startup Hapax, with $2.6M in seed funding, launches a generative AI tool tailored for financial services.

Designed to level the playing field, it offers smaller banks industry-specific insights and decision-making support, built on 13 years of proprietary data from CBANC.

Over 20 banks are beta testing this platform, promising a new era of efficiency and compliance in banking.

Read more here.

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHT

This week, we’re highlighting Tyler Beim.

Here is a bit about what he’s working on:

Synthetic monitoring and its focus on app performance isn't new—it's been around for over a decade.

Yet, as apps have moved into complicated enterprise environments, powered by cloud capabilities, monitoring technology has struggled to keep pace.

Today's app stacks are complex, leveraging APIs from various third-party services across multiple clouds, and companies are increasingly relying on SaaS for critical operations. Expecting each enterprise to build extensive synthetic monitoring for every cloud API is impractical. If a single entity could construct this infrastructure and share its insights, it would offer a cost-effective solution to bridge this monitoring gap.

Enter PrizAI: A new and economical approach to continuous synthetic monitoring of Cloud Service Provider APIs.

Unlike basic application logging, which fails to identify specific failures, PrizAI actively simulates app interactions with cloud services from multiple locations to pinpoint issues, ensuring SLA compliance and facilitating revenue recovery without the hassle of sifting through logs for the root cause.