Data Sanity Talks

Fresh drop from our July Data Sanity Workshop series 🔥 Intro to AI & LLMs with Nikita Severin, Chief Data Scientist @ Juno AI & Yaroslav Kopotilov, Data Science Consultant! Learn more about: 🟢 The history of Machine Learning 🟢 How LLMs work 🟢 Why prompt engineering is dead Watch the full version here

Hey everyone! 👋 We’re considering making our next Data Sanity Talks a paid event with tickets — a change from our usual free format. Why? This will help us with: 💰 covering event costs, including our free events 💰 making this event cozier, with better media coverage, snacks, and more 💰 inviting awesome speakers and covering some of their travel expenses We want to keep making our community events insightful and sustainable: your thoughts and feedback are super welcome in comments and the poll below 👇

Data Sanity Talks, London Edition is happening tomorrow! 🎉 We’re excited to see you. Join us for an inspiring day! 🗓 Date: Wednesday, 6 Aug | 6 – 9 PM 📍 Venue: Civo Tech Junction, London 🔗 Reserve your spot: https://datasanity.dev/

It's time to announce our final speaker for Data Sanity Talks, London Edition! 🎙 Data Sorted! How to Turn Mayhem into Insight by Oliver King-Smith, Founder and CEO @ smartR AI Takeaways you won’t want to miss: - What assistive intelligence is - How to use it when transforming messy data into actionable bits - A case study to show an example 🗓 When: Aug 6, 6:00 — 9:00 PM 📍 Where: London, Civo Tech Junction 🚀 Register & Learn more: https://datasanity.dev/

Call for Speakers: Belgrade, October 4! Data Sanity Talks is coming to Startit Centar on Saturday, October 4 — a full day for data scientists, AI practitioners, and industry leaders to connect, learn, and share ideas. Apply to give a 15-40 minute talk with slides on AI, Data Science, or Data Engineering. Possible topics: 🚀 Deep technical dives: ML/AI model architectures, tooling, the latest research breakthroughs, and best practices in ML system design. 🚀 Broader overviews: Leadership and management strategies, industry trends, and ethical considerations. 🔗 Apply to become a speaker 🗓 Deadline: August 17

Data Sanity Talks: London Edition is almost there — here's our speaker number four! 🎙 Accelerated Diffusion Models via Speculative Sampling by Alexandr Galashov, Senior Research Scientist @ DeepMind Here's what Alexandr will show us: - How to maintain generation quality with fewer steps - Bottlenecks in diffusion‐model sampling - How full posteriors help with faster sampling 🗓 When: Aug 6, 6:00 — 9:00 PM 📍 Where: London, Civo Tech Junction 🚀 Register & Learn more: https://datasanity.dev/

Let’s unveil our third speaker for Data Sanity Talks, London Edition! 🎙 Navigating the Enforcement of the EU AI Act: Practical Insights for Compliance by Michael Borrelli, Director @ AI & Partners In his talk, Michael will explore: - the enforcement mechanisms of the EU AI Act - the importance of audits and risk assessments, and the implications of non‑compliance - concrete measures for proactive compliance - ways to build robust governance structures before enforcement takes effect 🗓 When: Aug 6, 6:00 — 9:00 PM 📍 Where: London, Civo Tech Junction 🚀 Register & Learn more: https://datasanity.dev/

🌟️️️️️️ Fresh recording from our June edition of Data Sanity Talks! 🎙 Hacking the Prompt: AI Security in the Era of LLMs by Miloš Božić, CEO & Founder at Pyxero.ai In this talk, Miloš shares how techniques like prompt injection, system impersonation, and chain‑of‑thought hijacking can bypass safety filters and exploit model behavior. You’ll learn where current defenses fall short, and how to make AI more trustworthy. ⭐️ Join us on LinkedIn ⭐️ Follow us on Instagram ⭐️ Visit our site

It's time to announce our next speaker! 🎙 LLM Super‑Teams: Modern Ensembling Strategies That Beat Any Single Giant by Polina Proskura, Applied Scientist @ Amazon Here’s what we’ll uncover with Polina: - The challenge of uncertainty in real‑world LLM applications - Ensembling strategies to boost robustness and reliability - Methods to quantify and reduce model uncertainty - Cost‑effective approaches for deploying ensembles in production 🗓 When: Aug 6, 6:00 — 9:00 PM 📍 Where: London, Civo Tech Junction 🚀 Register & Learn more: https://datasanity.dev/

It's time to announce our first speaker for Data Sanity Talks, London edition! 🎙 LLMs Are Expensive. Here’s How Big Tech Makes Them Less So Speaker: Max Shaposhnikov, Research Engineer @ Tessl, ex-Applied Scientist @ Amazon Research In this talk, we'll explore - How long and how much it really costs to train an LLM – back of the envelope calculation framework - Techniques to extend context windows with increase in quality - Modern Speculative decoding strategies - Fast, production-ready guard models, like those evaluated in the recent CircleGuard benchmark, that make safety checks viable at scale. 🗓 When: Aug 6, 6:00 — 9:00 PM 📍 Where: London, Civo Tech Junction 🚀 Register & Learn more: https://datasanity.dev/

Data Sanity Talks is coming to London — public registration is now open! 🗓 Date: 6 Aug, 6:00 – 9:00 PM 📍 Venue: Civo Tech Junction, London 🔗 Save your seat: https://datasanity.dev/ Why attend? • Learn case studies from leading AI practitioners • Connect with data scientists, ML engineers, and product leaders • Enjoy complimentary snacks and coffee ⭐️ Join us on LinkedIn ⭐️ Follow us on Instagram

Fresh from the June edition of Data Sanity Talks 🎙️ ⚡️ Agentic Product Design: What Works, What Fails, and Why, a thought-provoking talk by Arsenii Shkunkov. Explore why some AI agents succeed while others fall short and unpack common design pitfalls like unclear scope and misaligned autonomy. Watch, share, and let us know your thoughts in the comments! 👇

⚡️ Data Sanity Talks, London Edition: Last Call for Speakers! Speaker applications close this Sunday, 13 July. If you have valuable insights for the DS/ML/AI community, we’d love to hear from you. ✏️ When: Aug, 6:00 — 9:00 PM ✏️ Where: London, Civo Tech Junction ✏️ Format: 15-40 minute talks + Q&A, professionally filmed and shared across our media channels What we’re after: - Technical in-depth explorations: AI/ML methods, models, tools, cutting-edge research insights - Big-picture perspectives: project & product leadership, industry trends, ethics, strategy Apply as a speaker & Learn more 👉 https://datasanity.dev/

Another recording from our June edition of Data Sanity Talks is out! ⚡️ How We Use AI Tools: Mental Models & Misconceptions by Ilya Zakharov Learn practical frameworks for getting the most out of AI and avoid the traps that trip up most users. Enjoy! ✨

💬 Data Sanity Talks: Call for Speakers! For our next major event we're heading to London, and we're looking for speakers! We welcome diverse talk formats, from technical dives (models, tools, research findings) to strategic (AI product management, ethics, industry trends). Deadline: 13 July (we might close registration early if we receive many applications). Apply & Learn More: https://datasanity.dev/ 📍 Where: London, Civo Tech Junction 🗓 When: Aug 6, 6-9 PM

⚡️ Our event is happening tomorrow, and there are still several spots available! Don’t miss your chance to join the 1st episode of our LLM Workshop series!

⚡️ New Talk Online! We’ve just published a recording from our June edition of Data Sanity Talks 🎉 📎 Interactive Latent Diffusion: Steering Text-to-Image Models by Nick Knizev Explore how text-to-image models can be controlled more intuitively and interactively. A valuable watch for anyone working with diffusion models, generative AI, or visual creativity. And don’t miss our upcoming lecture on LLMs — stay tuned!

We're launching a workshop series focused on AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)! Over the next few months, we’ll be running workshops every 2–3 weeks covering key topics, including: 🔹 Introduction to AI & LLMs 🔹 AI Agents 🔹 Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 🔹 Evaluation of LLM Applications 🎯 Next up: Introduction to AI & LLMs Join us for theory, hands-on insights and practical tips. If you’ve never worked with AI or LLMs before, don’t worry: this is the perfect and friendliest place to start. ✨ Register to secure your spot 🗓 Saturday, July 5 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Belgrade, Startit Centar

Thanks to everyone who came to Data Sanity Breakfast last Sunday! Apart from coffee, chat, and networking, we discussed several pet projects — here are just some of them ⚡️ stranger.news by @yarrrro We could use LLMs for good — or to create a conspiracy theory website inspired by the Call of Cthulhu universe! Help wanted to incorporate user interactions and create a suspenseful story (web development and advanced AI workflows). 🔗 https://stranger.news/ Daily Insights by @an_klowait Inspired by daily "cards" from a Mental Health Awareness marathon, this lightweight applet uses few-shot-prompted LLM calls to deliver quick 10-second mindfulness tips. Coded for fun over a weekend! 🔗 https://huggingface.co/spaces/an-klowait/daily-insights Distilling Pretrained LLMs Into Recommender Systems by @nikis14 Distillation pipeline that uses pretrained LLMs to improve accuracy of a recommender system without a fine-tuning overhead. P.S. We're already preparing several new events for you — stay tuned!