Monthly Bay Area AI Optimization & Security Meetup (this month: DeepSeek research presented by Cisco AI)

​Feb edition of the monthly academic salon discussing all aspects under the critical topic of AI optimization & security.

​TLDR: Bringing together scholastic exercises with enterprise work in AI, this is a forum to discuss and address the deepest technical and ethical questions around AI safety in use within society. Primarily a social event to discuss current issues, featuring lightning talks while leaving more time for Q&A that could instigate a larger scope for any solutions.

​Note this meetup is not AGI-focused and supports scientifically-grounded conversations for issues in AI from development pov.

​Talks this month:

​Paul Kassianik, AI Safety and Security Researcher @ Cisco AI (presenting his security paper on issues w Deepseek)

​More TBD

​Schedule:

• ​5:30pm - Doors / pizza

• ​6:30pm - Lightning Talks w Q&A (5-10 min)

• ​7:00pm - Discussion

• ​8:30pm - Shutting it down