Welcome to the GenAI meetup in Chicago, in collaboration with IBM, The AI Alliance and Vectara. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and machine learning, networking with speakers and fellow developers

Agenda:
* 5:30~6:00pm: Checkin, Food/drink and Networking
* 6:00~6:15pm: Welcome/community update
* 6:15~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A
* 8:00pm: Open discussion and Mixer

Speakers/Topics:
- Justin Hayes (Head of Field Engineering, Vectara)
- Arunava Majumdar (Solution Architect, IBM)
- Matthew Womack (Platform Engineer, IBM)
- Ghassan Shahatit (Cloud Engineer, IBM)
- Juan Peredo (Architect, Bolbeck)

Tech Talk: Hallucination Control
Speaker: Justin Hayes (Head of Field Engineering, Vectara)
Abstract: Large Language Models can't not hallucinate, even when used in Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures. But that doesn't mean we are doomed. Through a combination of hallucination detection, correction, and prevention - along with a rock solid RAG platform - we can mitigate the risk that hallucinations pose. This presentation will explain some of the techniques used by Vectara in its battle against hallucinations. Speaker info:

Venue:
IBM Conference Center (6th floor), 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community.  Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 10,000+ AI developers in Chicago or 400K+ worldwide.

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