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System Update in Progress: AI’s Memory Needs More Voices

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RSVP HERE: https://www.meetup.com/ai-lady-lounge/events/307297467/?slug=ai-lady-lounge&eventId=307297467

This is not a hype session. And It's not a wrap session either unless you consider AI mental health in which case, it may just be a wrap session!

It's for sure a conversation—open, collaborative, and rooted in the people who are really shaping AI. Like real humans - like you, like me!

First 10 RSVP here on MeetUp will receive a comped ticket.
All other guests must purchase ticket here!
Ticket includes entry to event and one complimentary drink. N/A options as well as Westward Whiskey pours.

Who's invited:

  • the business builders - of course.

  • the question-askers - YES!

  • the person sharing their data ;)

  • the context-holders - can you bring your cousin?

  • the Community.

  • the ones who’ve been here, guiding systems long before the algorithms caught up. Seriously.

A Woman-led panel on bias, authorship & what we can all do about it!
Everyone is welcome

### Panel Overview

This panel brings together women who are building, questioning, and rerouting 'AI standards'—across ethics, hardware, enterprise, and software. We’ll talk about what gets lost when tech isn’t built with diverse voices in the room, why “neutral” AI is a myth, and how we start rewriting the defaults—before they get too locked in.

If you’re interested in the future of AI, the politics of training data, or just want to hear smart women say smart things about systems that affect us all, this one’s for you.
And by you, we mean anyone who is open to kind dialogue and respectful discourse.

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### Panelists

Suzame Tong
From open source to start-ups to scale-ups through IPO, Suzame is a proven corporate marketing leader with depth of experience in (re)creating brands, PR, social, and executive and employee communications for global B2B SaaS companies. An agent of change, visionary thinker, crisis handler, and voice of reason, Suzame is actively seeking to disrupt their role with AI.
Rebekah Leslie-Hurd
Head of Software @ Rain | AI Hardware and Compilers, Rebekah is building SW tools that mxaximize human + machine efficiency
She works at the edge of AI and neuroscience, developing brain-inspired hardware that might just shift how we define intelligence.

Addie Olson
AI Specialist and Data Science Consultant
Addie is classically trained statistician with 5+ years of experience understanding data and creating impactful AI solutions at the Federal Reserve, small businesses, and at non-profits.

Rose Kaz
Founder, Business 4 Good | Host, Money, Sex & Politics
Rose builds digital systems with values baked in. She leads Business 4 Good, where femme-forward founders come to launch and sustianably businesses that aren’t just functional—they’re intentional. Her work bridges no-code tools, AI ethics, and calling out systems that were never built for us in the first place.

Join us for a Happy Hour Salon convo, shared insight, weird questions, and a healthy dose of WTF!~ Whiskey Tech Futures ~ what could go wrong! N/A options.

Street Car // Radio Cab

Surely we can build better systems with input from a wider data set, no?
The mic will be shared so that we can talk about who’s really writing what’s next. See you there!

DON'T FORGET:
First 10 RSVP here on MeetUp will receive a comped ticket.
All other guests must purchase ticket here!
Ticket includes entry to event and one complimentary drink. N/A options as well as Westward Whiskey pours.

Location
Westward Whiskey
65 SE Washington St, Portland, OR 97214, USA
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