Events
Please join us each Friday
10 AM Pacific Time (GMT -8)
Observers are welcomed. Space may be limited.
Public Meeting #69
Nov 22, 2024
Ben Moskowitz, Consumer Reports explained their focus on Personal AI. Doc Searls anchored in Reza's absence.Â
Public Meeting #68
Nov 15, 2024
Matt Bird, CEO of ESG News, discussed the organization's focus on sustainability news, the shift from centralized to decentralized electrical power generation and the challenges of making AI safe and avoiding its concentration in the hands of a few.Â
Public Meeting #67
Nov 8, 2024
Daryle Serrant, presented his research on the performance of Mamba, a state space model, and its comparison with other transformer models.
Public Meeting #66
Nov 1, 2024
Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer, computer security professional, privacy specialist, and writer.Â
Workgroup updates
Event updates
Public Meeting #65
Oct 25, 2024
Introducing the Newly Elected Board
Workgroup updates
Event updates
Public Meeting #64
Oct 18, 2024
Jeff Easley, General Manager of the Responsible AI Institute.Â
Workgroup updates
Event updates
Public Meeting #63
Oct 11, 2024
Diego Galeano reported on the AI for Life Sciences work group progress.Â
accuracy of large language models (LLMs)Â
retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
graph-based methods (GraphRAG)
Public Meeting #62
Oct 4, 2024
Larry Namer, Founder of E! Entertainment, was guest speaker.
Public Meeting #61
Sep 27, 2024
Sam Johnston, pAIOS Lead, was the guest speaker.
Reported on the anti-democratic behavior in the OSI process as it strives to develop a definition for Open Source AI.
Public Meeting #60
Sep 20, 2024
Rika Nakazawa, Founder of Gathr, was the guest speaker.
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Public Meeting #59
Sep 13, 2024
Scott Glosserman, Founder of Gathr, was the guest speaker.
Public Meeting #58
Sep 6, 2024
Doc Searls, Chief Intention Officer of Kwaai was guest speaker. He gave a report on the proceedings at dWeb Camp.
Balaji, Saian, and Sam gave workgroup updates.
Public Meeting #57
Aug 30, 2024
Raffi Krikorian gave the Lightning Talk
CTO Emerson Collective
Podcast - Technically OptimisticÂ
Board - Tumo Center, Mozilla, Medic
Former DNC CTO, Uber Dir, Twitter VP
Public Meeting #56
Aug 23, 2024
Greg Spektor delivered an insightful presentation on process optimization and agile methodologies, focusing on the importance of clear, complete, and prioritized requirements in software development.
Sam Johnston gave an update on pAIOS
Richard Whitt gave a recap of GliaNET kick-off meeting
Public Meeting #55
Aug 16, 2024
Richard Whitt, Founder of GliaNet, talks about his new book, Reweaving the Web, launching in Sept.
Ai4 Conference report
Public Meeting #54
Aug 9, 2024
AZ Zaidi, winner of the hackathon, reports on the PAI Palooza at GooglePlex
The meeting also covered updates from the alignment and policy work group, focusing on AI alignment with human values and the idea of creating configurable metrics for personal AI assistants. This sparked a discussion on bias in AI models, with participants debating the challenges and potential solutions.
iBridge infrastructure partnership for Kwaai Beta Program
Reza and Brian Ragazzi report on grant applications.
Public Meeting #53
Aug 2, 2024
Dr. Hind Arroub, guest speaker, Artificial Intelligence Ethicist and Geo-Political Scientist
Workgroup updates
New member voices
Public Meeting #52
July 26, 2024
Angel Sanchez, guest speaker, talked about his commitment to support the Kwaai mission through the development partnership of ArkusNexus.
The Kwaai Weekly Public meeting celebrates its 1st birthday
Kwaai membership exceed 550
17 institutions have applied to the Beta Program
Swiss Vault and iBridge agreed to provide the infrastructure required for the Beta
Public Meeting #51
July 19, 2024
Steve Wilson, Exabeam CPO, gave a Lightning Talk on Securing Generative AI Apps
Reza reported on funding activity
Sam - fully signed commits to pAIOS
Sunity reports on Back-Office automation for a growing movement. Slack Pro nonprofit upgradeÂ
Public Meeting #50
July 12, 2024
Michael Glavich gave the Lightning Talk on AI2030
We celebrated our 50th KwaaiDay
Public Meeting #49
July 5, 2024
Ruth Rassool gave a Lightning Talk on Personal AI in Edu
Live connection with Cristian Randieri- Siracusa, Italy conference
Lumi now speaks Italian!
pAI Assistant update from Saian Ford, Roy Quesada
Arkus Nexus team drives progress towards
14 institutions have applied to the Beta program
Public Meeting #48
June 28, 2024
Sol Lee gave a Lightning Talk on Double - Virtual Assistant
pAIOS update from Sam Johnston
pAI Assistant update from Balaji Lakshmanan
Research update from Diego, Daryle, Brian
End of quarter update - membership crossed 500
Public Meeting #47
June 21, 2024
Eve Maler gave the Lightning Talk on 'Identity'
pAIOS update from Sam Johnston
pAI Assistant update from Balaji Lakshmanan
Beta update from Reza
Research update from Diego, Daryle, Brian
Public Meeting #46
June 14, 2024
Sujith Nair Lightning Talk on the BeckN protocol - very inspiring p2p commerce tech
Beta Program
Hackathon update from Toby Morning
pAIOS update from Sam Johnston
Public Meeting #45
June 7, 2024
JD Miller Lightning Talk on AI Executive Insights - views from C-suites
Beta Program
Hackathon update from Toby Morning
pAIOS update from Sam Johnston
EMEA Public Meeting #3
June 6, 2024
EMEA Chapter Cristian Randieri
Palermo Conference Review
Discussed extending the Kwaai Beta to EMEA
Public Meeting #44
May 31, 2024
Iain Henderson on Intentcasting
Sam discusses convergence of dev tracks
Toby updates on Hackathon series
Public Meeting #43
May 24, 2024
Doc Searls on Personal AI vs. Personalized AI
Beta Program Update
Kwaai Development Roadmap
Public Meeting #42
May 17, 2024
Kwaai Beta Program
PAI Palooza Hackathon
Introduction to Kwaai Net
Public Meeting #41
May 10, 2024
Markus Petteri Laine, Founding Member of MyData Global| delivered a Lightning Talk on the movement
Sam Johnston gave an engineering update before heading off for a birthday break to the Cannes Film Festival.
EMEA Public Meeting #2
May 9, 2024
EMEA Chapter Strategy Recap Cristian Randieri
Working Groups
Palermo Conference Announcement
Public Meeting #40
May 3, 2024
Larry Namer, co-founder of E! Entertainment gave a Lightning Talk on the impact of AI in Hollywood
Sam Johnston gave an update on the PAI OS
Roman Pineda described the convergence path forward for the three development streams
Toby and Karsten gave a marketing and community updates
Public Meeting #39
Apr 26, 2024
EMEA Chapter Launch Summary fron Cristian Randieri
Dave Grantham gives a Lightning Talk on Cryptid, scalable decentralized verifiable identity, authentication, data provenance and user sovereignty.
Balaji Lakshmanan and Sam Johnstone provide a code update
Roman Pineda and Doc Searls give an architectural update
Karsten Wade and Toby Morning provide a community update
Public Meeting #38
Apr 19, 2024
Doc Searls joins Kwaai as Chief Intention Officer.
Ted Cohen gives Lightning Talk regaling us with tales from his rock and roll career.
Toby Morning gives report on Kwaai representation at Internet Identity Workshop
Karsten Wade reports on trip to Open Source Summit
Balaji Lakshmanan gives engineering and roadmap update
EMEA Public Meeting #1
Apr 25, 2024
Reza Rassool introduces Cristian Randieri, Kwaai EMEA Director
Cristian outlines his vision for the EMEA Chapter.
Public Meeting #37
Apr 12, 2024
Thomas Box gives Lightning talk on AI in the streaming industry
Public Meeting #36
Apr 5, 2024
Public Meeting #35
Mar 29, 2024
Public Meeting #34
Mar 22, 2024
Public Meeting #33
Mar 15, 2024
Public Meeting #32
Mar 8, 2024
Public Meeting #31
Mar 1, 2024
Public Meeting #30
Feb 23, 2024
Public Meeting #29
Feb 16, 2024
Public Meeting #28
Feb 9, 2024
Public Meeting #27
Feb 2, 2024
Public Meeting #26
Jan 26, 2024
Public Meeting #25
Jan 19, 2024
Public Meeting #24
Jan 12, 2024
Public Meeting #23
Jan 5, 2024
Public Meeting #22
Dec 29, 2023
Public Meeting #21
Dec 22, 2023
Public Meeting #20
Dec 15, 2023
Public Meeting #19
Dec 8, 2023
Public Meeting #18
Dec 1, 2023
Public Meeting #17
Nov 18, 2023
Public Meeting #16
Nov 10, 2023
Public Meeting #15
Nov 3, 2023
Public Meeting #14
Oct 27, 2023
Public Meeting #13
Oct 20, 2023
Public Meeting #12
Oct 13, 2023
Public Meeting #11
Oct 6, 2023
Public Meeting #10
Sept 29, 2023
Public Meeting #9
Sept 22, 2023
Public Meeting #8
Sept 15, 2023
Public Meeting #7
Sept 8, 2023
Public Meeting #6
Sept 1, 2023
Public Meeting #5
Aug 25, 2023
Global Skill Development Council Keynote
Aug 24, 2023
Public Meeting #4
Aug 18, 2023
Unveiling Kwaai at DataConLA Keynote
Aug 12, 2023
Public Meeting #3
Aug 11, 2023
Public Meeting #2
Aug 4, 2023
Public Meeting #1
July 28, 2023
Original Call to Action
July 17, 2023