AI Con USA 2024 - Digital Transformation

Wednesday, June 5

Dona Sarkar
Microsoft
K1

I Got 99 Problems, but AI Ain't One

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 8:30am to 9:25am

How many of you have heard that AI is here to take your job? Yeah, exactly. Us too. Apparently, AI is here to take ALL the jobs. Yet, here we are, employed and busier than EVER. Did you know that every large tech company has announced AI products this year with the promise to transform your business? Join Dona to learn: What in this latest AI craze is hype, and what is real? What are successful companies actually doing with AI these days? What are three things that you ABSOLUTELY should be doing in the next six months to get your business ready to implement AI in a secure and responsible...

Amber Roberts
Arize AI
W3

Troubleshooting and Resolving Common LLM Issues In Production

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 1:00pm to 1:30pm

According to a recent survey, 61.7% of enterprise engineering teams now have or are planning to have a generative AI application within a year—and 14.1% are already in production. As enterprises race to deploy generative AI into their businesses, the need to ensure that LLMs are deployed reliably and responsibly is paramount. But how can enterprises and AI engineers evaluate and troubleshoot models in real time? In this session, Amber Roberts, a data scientist and machine learning engineer at Arize AI, will cover emerging best practices from direct work advising enterprises with real...

Dmitriy Gumeniuk
EPAM Systems
W4

The Rise of the Virtual QA Engineer: Harnessing GenAI for a Productivity Boost—A Production Case Study

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 1:00pm to 1:30pm

In this talk, we will delve into the transformative journey of integrating GenAI into the core of our testing and development processes. This integration has not only enhanced our productivity by 15% but also yielded a 20% time savings and a significant cost reduction per test case. Want to know how? We'll explore the strategic implementation of GenAI, overcoming security challenges, leveraging diverse (LLMs), and the meticulous design of prompts that culminated in a prompt library. Our tailored extensions for the code editors and corporate chats exemplify the seamless fusion of AI with...

S&P Global Ratings
K4

Operationalizing Disruptive Technologies—A Fresh Take On Developing Your Business Model

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 3:30pm to 4:10pm

From decades-long development of technologies like machine learning to OpenAI’s watershed moment with ChatGPT, companies of all sizes are looking to find and execute on new opportunities and capture the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence. How can one decide what AI technologies have the best fit for their business? How can one successfully drive value for customers?” Join Sudeep as he proposes a human-focused approach to AI, capitalizing on humans’ ability to innovate, learn, communicate, and share and AI’s ability to process and evaluate huge swaths of data swiftly to...

K5

AI: A Moderated Panel Discussion

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 4:10pm to 5:10pm

Artificial intelligence is transforming both society and industry at an exceedingly rapid pace, raising questions about the implications. How will AI shape our future? What ethical and safety considerations should guide its development? What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? How close are we to AGI, and should we be concerned? Join us for a panel discussion moderated by Dionny Santiago and take the opportunity to ask industry leaders the most pressing questions in AI.

Thursday, June 6

Tariq King
Test IO
K6

Humanizing AI

Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 8:30am to 9:25am

AI is becoming human—more human in the way it communicates, responding based on context, and matching the tone that we articulate.

AI is becoming human—quite human in what it generates, expressing itself through creative works and the solutions it quickly formulates.

AI is becoming human—which is evidenced by how well it imitates, deceiving us with convincing content even though we know it hallucinates.

AI is becoming human—is this something we'll appreciate? Or will humanizing AI be the end of us? The trigger to an apocalyptic human fate.

But if AI is...

Prerak Garg
Microsoft
T3

AI Agents: Orchestrating the Future of Digital Workflows

Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 1:00pm to 1:30pm

The advent of AI Agents heralds a new era in computing, introducing a paradigm shift from conventional application-specific interactions to a holistic orchestration of digital workflows across various platforms and industries. This presentation will explore the concept of AI Agents as a pivotal innovation in artificial intelligence, capable of transforming user experiences by enabling seamless integration and management of tasks across multiple applications. Unlike their predecessors, AI Agents excel in providing a personalized, context-aware interface, learning from user interactions to...