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SUMMARY:FREE EVENT - AI Productivity & Protection: Automate Smart\, Stay Safe
DESCRIPTION:When AI works for you\, it shouldn’t work against you. Diego Ramirez will demonstrate practical automations that quietly run your business\, and Emma Humphrey will share essential strategies for navigating the real risks of AI\, from deepfakes to data leaks.\n\nRSVP here \n\n\n\n\nMeet your local AI community on the First Monday of November at EPIC Innovation: \n\n5:30-6pm – Drinks and networking\n6-6:45 – Practical AI Automations with Diego Ramirez\n6:45-7:30 – AI Self Defence with Emma Humphrey\n7:30-8pm – Drinks and Open Q&A\n\nThis month’s First Monday Meetup will feature both hands-on automation and practical risk defence\, showing how to make AI work smarter for you—without leaving the door open to new vulnerabilities. \nPractical AI Automations — Diego Ramirez\nAI can help you save time and grow profit\, if you have practical automations. This session shows you how to spot good tasks to automate\, rank them with a clear score\, and decide what to tackle now (or later). We’ll cover risks\, data\, tools\, testing\, and rollout through live demos of real workflows. You’ll see how to chain AI tools into practical automations that quietly run your business in the background\, freeing you up to focus on high-value work.\nWhether you’re new to AI or already building complex systems\, you’ll leave with a step-by-step checklist and a worksheet to score your own ideas. This talk is designed for people who are ready to turn inspiration into action.\nBring your laptop if you want to implement an automation from a provided template during the demo. You’ll go through a step-by-step checklist to create a simple email filtering automation you can set up on your laptop in minutes. \nAI Self Defence — Emma Humphrey\nFrom deepfakes to job market shifts\, artificial intelligence is reshaping our world\, and it’s essential to understand the new risks it brings.\n​Join Emma\, an AI researcher and consultant for the UK Home Office\, for a practical\, beginner-friendly introduction to understanding and protecting yourself in the AI era. She’ll cut through the confusion to illuminate the genuine challenges posed by current AI technologies\, including algorithmic bias\, privacy threats and digital deception.\n​This talk will share tools and provide a brief overview of the current governance frameworks designed to keep AI accountable. You don’t need to be an expert to understand the rules of the road. \n\nHow many risks are there? An intro to AI Risk Databases and addressing why AI could become smarter than humans\nCase studies – a selection of risks to demonstrate the various ways AI and specifically LLMs are being used\nSolution Signposting – for businesses\, individuals and developers\n\nWhen: Monday\, 3 November\, 5:30-8:00pm\nWhere: EPIC Innovation\, Christchurch\nBring: Your laptop (optional\, for the automation exercise) \nSponsored by Agentic Intelligence \nRaise a glass to Agentic Intelligence for sponsoring the evening’s drinks\, and to EPIC Innovation for hosting the event in their wonderful facility! \n 
URL:https://epicinnovation.co.nz/event/free-event-ai-productivity-protection-automate-smart-stay-safe/
LOCATION:EPIC Innovation Centre\, 76/106 Manchester St\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8011\, New Zealand
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