Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society

Join this information session to learn about the opportunities from OpenAI. Date: Tuesday, 18 June (Online)
Time: 6-7 PM UK
Link: https://meet.google.com/wci-biau-acj
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Learn about Becoming an OpenAI Trainer (virtual)
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Join this information session to learn about the opportunities from OpenAI.
Date: Tuesday, 18 June (Online)
Time: 6-7 PM UK
Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxCOUC5fN-fl7mbpI5pfN96sEg4lgDy8O6q7GWFFjk_GxRIA/viewform

Digital Reality the worlds largest Data Centre Company are hosting us at their Cloud House Date Centre this Friday the 24th of May in London!

Join us in Cloud House the Winner of the Green Data Centre of the Year Award 2023.

Cloud House uses a pioneering dock and river cooling water system. It was also 100% powered by green and renewable energy. We’ll be essentially getting a tour of a facility under the Thames River.

Places are limited so if you can join on the day please confirm your registration via the link below by mid day Monday 21st of May.

The location is roughly Millhabour in Isle of Dogs London near Canary Wharf. Exact location will be shared by Wednesday.

Sign up here: https://tukitoday.typeform.com/to/E6Pc6I9j

Join Our Committees: Event & Media Team and Entrepreneurs Hub

We're looking for enthusiastic students to help lead and innovate in our Event & Media Team and Entrepreneurs Hub. Enhance your skills, expand your network, and make a difference!

Click here to apply: https://forms.gle/wtsALdv5XJM2osuy8

Hi everyone! The Microsoft Workshop on Business for Tech Founders via OxAI and Oxbridge AI Challenge. Information Below!

Teams Link:
https://lnkd.in/e7ny5KZJ

👀About the workshop:
Storytelling is a critical skill in any successful entrepreneur’s tool box. As they say: “Facts tell; stories sell.” This workshop helps aspiring entrepreneurs discover why certain stories move people when most don’t. Enabling you to articulate in a memorable and entertaining way to customers, employees, investors, and media why your vision of the future is not only compelling but inevitable.

Presenter: Chris Noring, Senior Cloud Advocate Lead, Portfolio manager on an AI/DS team at Microsoft.

Chris Noring, is a Senior Cloud Advocate Lead and Portfolio manager on an AI/DS team at Microsoft. In addition, he is a published Author, frequently gives lectures on AI at the University of Oxford and is considered as one of the Top 50 Gen AI experts to follow! We are very lucky to have him!

See you tomorrow!

Join us at the OxAI Mini-Conference on February 25th, 2024, at the Oxford e-Research Centre for a day dedicated to AI innovations and discussions.

From 12 PM to 7 PM, engage with AI enthusiasts and experts through panels, workshops, and networking sessions. Highlights include the OxAI Panel, Large Language Models and AGI Panel, Presentations, and a social evening to conclude the event. Enjoy light refreshments, stimulating talks, and the opportunity to connect with the AI community. Whether you're deep in the field or just curious about AI, this event promises valuable insights and connections. Don't miss out on shaping the future of AI with us!Go to this https://www.oxai.org/mini-conference to register and for more details and updates!

Click this link to sign up: https://forms.gle/WYoqRzkBDEqiNDaN8 for our workshop in Mini-Conference!
There are many hotly contested issues in AI governance whose solutions could be clarified through the use of collective dialogues. To test how well this idea works in practice, we will be running our first 'Collective Dialogue Workshop' as part of the OxAI Mini-Conference on Sunday 25th February, focusing on the general deliberation question: "Do you think driverless vehicles should replace human-operated ones?".
The workshop is open to attendees from all ages and disciplinary backgrounds and requires no prior knowledge of AI, collective dialogues, or driverless technologies.
Given the chosen topic, we expect discussions to be highly interesting and enjoyable for all participants, and we hope that the workshop will give attendees the opportunity (i) to improve their critical thinking, justification and deliberation skills, and (ii) to assess the potential benefits of including collective dialogues in decision-making processes.

OxAI Mini-Conference - Collective Dialogue Workshop Introduction There are many hotly contested issues in AI governance whose solutions could be clarified through the use of collective dialogues. To test how well this idea works in practice, we will be running our first 'Collective Dialogue Workshop' as part of the OxAI Mini Conference on Sunday 25th...

Join us at the OxAI Mini-Conference on February 25th, 2024, at the Oxford e-Research Centre for a day dedicated to AI innovations and discussions.

From 12 PM to 7 PM, engage with AI enthusiasts and experts through panels, workshops, and networking sessions. Highlights include the OxAI Panel, Large Language Models and AGI Panel, Presentations, and a social evening to conclude the event. Enjoy light refreshments, stimulating talks, and the opportunity to connect with the AI community. Whether you're deep in the field or just curious about AI, this event promises valuable insights and connections. Don't miss out on shaping the future of AI with us!Go to this https://www.oxai.org/mini-conference to register and for more details and updates!

🔍 More great speakers this week in Oxford! 🌍 Join us for an insightful talk by Eliot Higgins, the founder of Bellingcat, an investigative journalism group that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT).

📆 When: February 13, 17:30
📍 Where: Oxford Union

Eliot's expertise is centered on the weaponry used in the war in Syria and delves deep into open-source investigation tools and techniques. A significant focus of his work is Ukraine, particularly investigating the Russian war crimes committed since the onset of the invasion in 2014.

🔍 Bellingcat's open-source investigation played a pivotal role in exposing the Russian army's responsibility for the tragic shooting of Malaysian Boeing MH-17 over Donbas in 2014, resulting in the loss of 298 innocent lives.

🤝 The event is proudly organized by the Oxford Union, in collaboration with the Oxford University Ukrainian Society and the Oxford AI Society.

Xmas wishes from OxAI, made with DALL·E by OpenAI

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON TONIGHT'S MATT CLIFFORD EVENT:

Unfortunately, Matt had to cancel last minute. Instead, we will be talking with Nitarshan Rajkumar, who is a senior policy advisor working with the Frontier AI Taskforce and the AI Safety Institute. We are rescheduling Matt to talk sometime Hilary term.

We apologize for this last minute change, but hope you can still join us!

Sign up Link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/oxford-entrepreneurs/t-zzkjrzj

Are you interested in founding or working for an AI Startup? Do you believe that AI will change the world, thereby creating many business opportunities? Then join us for an exciting panel discussion with leading academics and founders on this viral topic.

This event is a collaboration between Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society and Oxford Entrepreneurs.

Our speakers include
🚀 Prof. Michael Bronstein, Deep Mind Professor, Co-Founder of Fabula AI.
🚀 Yasmin Greenaway, CEO and Founder of Dermie.ai.
🚀 Arsalan Zafar, CTO and Co-Founder of Deep Render.

The event will be followed by a networking session.

🗓️ Tuesday, 7th of November 2023
🕕 start at 6 pm
📍 Auditorium at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

‼️ Please arrive before 6 pm to secure a seat.

IMPORTANT:

Due to an urgent event, THE SPEAKER EVENT WITH JOEL LEIBO TODAY IS CANCELLED and will be rescheduled.

More details to follow.

Off the back of the huge AI hype that we've seen over the past months, we're going to be running a series of workshops teaching students AI skills for free, called "Building Stuff with Generative AI", aimed at teaching people skills to turn their entrepreneurial and research ideas into reality by equipping them with the coding skills and to help them to survive and adapt as AI changes the nature of their future jobs.
Don't miss the chance to attend!
Register here: https://build-the-future.ck.page/b57f554dd1

We'll be covering:

Oct 25th
Building AI Assistants Pt. 1: Build Your Own ChatGPT
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Lecture Theatre A, Wolfson Building, Department of Computer Science

Nov 1st
Building AI Assistants Pt. 2: Building Tools for your AI Assistant
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Lecture Theatre A, Wolfson Building, Department of Computer Science

Nov 8th
Building AI Assistants Pt. 3: Voice
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Lecture Theatre A, Wolfson Building, Department of Computer Science

Nov 15th
Building AI Assistants Pt. 4: Automated Video Generation
Time: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Lecture Theatre A, Wolfson Building, Department of Computer Science

The OxAI Safety & Governance Team is running an advanced AI governance discussion group. Deadline is midnight Friday 28 October, apply here: https://forms.gle/ghsNWWqwefDwsYrW6.

This group is for students and graduates who are interested in getting up to speed with current AI governance work, forming inside views, learning more about relevant careers, and testing their fit for different areas.

This group is more advanced than our introductory group, and knowledge equivalent to the introductory courses’ curriculum is heavily encouraged. If you think you don’t have this but want to do this reading group, here is a quick crash course you could go through before applying: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ujZW4o-3QIAMZ2ioq3EflRaq1FSTCLsqapP2qt6SXpI/edit =h.t18kntr7fffw.

More information can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Ilb6TRMuYZtT0A2W58JS6c-aHhg0LcxmS8D_L32in8/edit?pli=1.

The application for the Oxford AI Society’s Safety and Governance Team's Introductory AI Safety reading groups is closing soon! Apply here: https://airtable.com/apppTl7fy0L0qEsxR/shrNkYXq1h5eMBIQk, applications are due on October 19th, 11:59 PM BST.

Intro to AI Alignment and Governance courses are 8-week courses designed to provide a technical overview of AI Alignment and AI Governance. Participants will take part in small discussion-based groups of 4-6 people, led by facilitators with research experience. Groups meet for two hours each week, during which they read and discuss several readings covering that week's topic.

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CALLING AI ENTREPRENEURS

Compete in the inaugural OxbridgeAI challenge for an opportunity to receive support and investment for your AI entrepreneurial pursuit.

The deadline for applications is October 21st. Local rounds will be held in Oxford and Cambridge. The final round will take place in London on December 8th.

View the application and additional details here:
https://tukitoday.typeform.com/oxbridgeaicomp?typeform-source=www.google.com

The Oxford AI Society’s Safety and Governance Team is running Intro to AI Alignment and Governance reading groups. Apply here: https://airtable.com/apppTl7fy0L0qEsxR/shrNkYXq1h5eMBIQk, applications are due on October 19th, 11:59 PM BST.

Intro to AI Alignment and Governance courses are 8-week courses designed to provide a technical overview of AI Alignment and AI Governance. These courses are aimed at people who have some technical/governance experience or knowledge but want to learn more about predicting and controlling the future of AI and develop their own beliefs on which problems are the most important.

Participants will take part in small discussion-based groups of 4-6 people, led by facilitators with AI alignment research experience. Groups meet for two hours each week, during which they read and discuss several articles, papers, and/or debates covering that week's topic. There is no time commitment other than showing up to these sessions.

Examples of topics these courses cover include:
- Earlier Philosophical work on formally defining concepts such as “intelligence”, “agency”, and “AGI”.
- Arguments for and against different risks that might arise from modern AI systems.
Technical overviews of state-of-the-art research on AI safety and ethics, such as interpretability, scaling laws, and scalable oversight.
- An overview of the current state of AI governance.
- Advice on the next steps and opportunities for those who wish to pursue AI Safety further.

Knowledge of deep learning for both tracks and calculus and linear algebra for the technical track are all helpful but not required.

📢 Friendly Reminder: Don't miss our Special Talk on AI and Entrepreneurship by Germán León! 🚀
We also invite you to join us for a casual and enjoyable pub social after the event at The Royal Oak. And guess what? We've got you covered for the first drink! 🎁🍹
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Vj5e4zHX6M7bDjto6 📲
🗓️ Date: 14th June
⏰ Time: 5:30 pm
🏛️ Venue: Reuben College Graduate Common Room, Linacre College

The Oxford Artificial Intelligence Society (OxAI) and the Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) have joined forces to present the inaugural Oxford & Cambridge AI Pitch Competition! This exciting event will encompass local rounds held in Oxford and Cambridge, culminating in a thrilling final round taking place in London.
This competition is AI focused, featuring the following areas:
Large language models (e.g., ChatGPT)
Finance and AI
Medical research and AI
Web3/blockchain and AI
Creativity and AI
Synthetic AI detection
Others
Participating teams will consist of a maximum of 5 individuals. The teams can chose one of the above pitch topics. Each team will have the opportunity to present their innovative startup ideas to a distinguished panel of judges (to be announced). We also encourage general attendees to join us for this event. Following the pitch competition, there will be a networking reception where complimentary food and drinks will be served.
Event Details (Oxford Local Round 1):
- Date: 16th June, Trinity 23'
- Pitch Competition: Said business school LT4 (15:30-18:30)
- Networking Drinks: Said business school social area (18:30-20:30).
Note: this is the first Oxford local round. The winning team participates directly to the final to compete with university of Cambridge.
Signup Links:
Sign up as participants: https://forms.gle/PdMHqjwFYGBeKWts8
Sign up as audience: https://forms.gle/RL99hyAumongbUoE9

The OXVC x Creator Fund x OxAI Startup Hackathon is now open for registration! Join us at the Oakeshott Room in Lincoln College on May 13th and 14th.

Form a team of 4-5 students to tackle a real-world problem submitted by a start-up. If you don't have a full team, we'll match you with others who have complementary skills. Showcase your technical and commercial skills by developing a solution that will be judged by a panel of industry experts.

Ready to participate? Register now at:
https://form.typeform.com/to/g4XfXwXs

Are you a start-up with a technical problem? Get some fresh perspectives by submitting a project tender. Our talented student participants will bring fresh and innovative solutions to your challenges. Submit a Project Tender:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_nB6BYwxjZOfOVf-BTMEuatUtgZlOMWq_LeH64hFBwmWhiw/viewform