Upcoming events

This event is a virtual only event.  Erik Wiffin will talk about how to get the most value out of your evals. I'll go over what an eval is and how to run them, and then explore how going further than the off-the-shelf eval tooling will help you understand your agents better, save money, and get you a better user experience

About the Speaker

Virtual discussion 

We will meet virtually this week to discuss future meetings

Private AI for business

We will be meeting again in building 700.  The access is from the upper level on the west of the building toward the dog park.  When you enter, look to your right and down and you should see the conference room on the lower level. 

World Models

We will be meeting again in building 700.  The access is from the upper level on the west of the building toward the dog park.  When you enter, look to your right and down and you should see the conference room on the lower level. 

AI in Science

We will be meeting for the first time in building 700 this week.  The access is from the upper level on the west of the building toward the dog park.  When you enter, look to your right and down and you should see the conference room on the lower level. 

The Blue Ridge room is toward the back of the building.  Cross through the lobby to the elevator to the right of the waiting area for the elevator, there are large blue arrow signs that say Blue Ridge.  Follow those arrows until you me to the room.

Bring a laptop  It does not need to be a beefy machine.  The hands-on portion of the workshop will be using Google's cloud version of Jupyter Notebook, Colab: https://colab.research.google.com/

The Blue Ridge room is toward the back of the building.  Cross through the lobby to the elevator to the right of the waiting area for the elevator, there are large blue arrow signs that say Blue Ridge.  Follow those arrows until you me to the room.

Agenda:

Note: This will be a small in-person group (8 seats) and will also be made available virtually via Google Meet. This should have the dual benefit of reducing the space needs and letting people use their preferred computer from home. 

Agenda:

Agenda:

• Agentic commerce - Agentic commerce (a-commerce) is a paradigm shift where autonomous AI agents search, compare, and execute purchases on behalf of consumers or businesses.
• We may also hear from members who have attended the Deep Cuts: AI and Research for UX Pros event on 29 May 2026 at NetApp in RTP

Agenda:

• OpenClaw/Hermes (BB)
• Requirements discussion for group project (All)

Slightly earlier next week to avoid conflicts with the RTP 180 event.

Three members will give short presentations on topic of interest.

The Tarheel Room is available at 4pm so we will start in the coworking common area and some or all of us can move to the conference room at 4pm

This is the initial AI workshop event. This workshop does not require any specific experience or skill. We will focus on resolving real questions and problems that members have and to put learning into action. Bring a portable computing device that you use for AI work.