AI Events in Chicago, IL

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5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT

Tech Pulse 2030: Responsible AI Investing & Pitch Showcase

by AI 2030 | Responsible AI Chicago

A Chicago Tech Pulse 2030 gathering for investors, founders and innovation leaders, focused on responsible-AI investment and a showcase of early-stage AI startups across sectors.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersGeneral

Oct

Thu

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM CDT

Practitioner Series: Moiz Shirazi of SCOREalytics

University of Chicago Booth Harper Centerby Chicago Booth Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence

Chicago Booth welcomes SCOREalytics founder Moiz Shirazi for a practitioner conversation on scaling AI in legal and regulatory settings, including talent constraints and turning regulatory signals into usable intelligence.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersResearchersStudents

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM CDT

AI-Accelerated Model-Driven Development

Selby Jenningsby Chicago C/C++ Users Group

A Chicago C/C++ Users Group technical meetup on using AI-assisted protocol compilers and structured models to generate reproducible infrastructure for trading and other high-performance systems.

MeetupFreeAdvancedDevelopers

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT

Building Trust in AI: Data Governance, Risk, and Responsible Adoption

100 South Wacker Driveby Tech in Motion: Chicago

Tech in Motion Chicago convenes technology, data and business leaders for an in-person discussion of the governance, compliance and operating choices that shape responsible AI adoption.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusiness

Oct

Mon

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

Book Talk: Demis Hassabis and the Future of Artificial Intelligence

University of Chicago Booth Harper Centerby Chicago Booth Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence

Author Sebastian Mallaby discusses his biography of DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis at Chicago Booth, addressing the AI pioneer’s career, AI policy debates, safety and the technology’s uncertain path to deployment.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersResearchersStudents

Oct

Tue

9:00 AM – 7:00 PM CDT

Bank.AI Summit Chicago

Four Seasons Hotel Chicagoby Creatio

Creatio's Chicago summit convenes banking and credit-union executives for AI use cases, live agent demonstrations, governance discussions and peer networking.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT

Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series: Ella King (Northwestern)

John Crerar Library, University of Chicagoby University of Chicago Data Science Institute

A free UChicago talk from Northwestern engineer Ella King, whose work applies AI methods to designing dynamic, self-correcting materials, part of the weekly Schmidt AI in Science series.

MeetupFreeAdvancedResearchersStudents

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CDT

Tiller: Structure, Gates, and State for Human + Agent Teams

TeamWorking by TechNexusby Agent Loop Chicago

An Agent Loop Chicago technical meetup on structuring collaborative software development between people and AI agents, with a presentation from Made In Tandem's JC Grubbs.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Oct

Wed

9:30 AM – 4:30 PM CDT

Chicago Build 2026: AI & Digital Construction Track

McCormick Placeby Chicago Build Expo

A free two-day conference track at McCormick Place on applied AI in the built environment, covering agentic AI in architecture, data center demand, construction automation and AI tooling for residential builders.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersGeneral

Nov

Tue

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM CST

Datadog Summit Chicago

Convene at Willis Towerby Datadog Chicago

A free day of Chicago sessions for developers, SREs, security practitioners and AI builders on observability, agentic capabilities and practical production systems.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Tech Pulse 2030 Chicago: November

Discovery Partners Instituteby AI 2030 | Responsible AI Chicago

A free responsible-AI community meetup at Discovery Partners Institute for Chicago practitioners, entrepreneurs and leaders discussing emerging technology and responsible innovation.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersStudents

Nov

Thu

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST

Generative AI Transformers: A Deep Dive

Aon Centerby Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup Group

A Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup technical walkthrough of transformer internals, from embeddings and attention to agents and AI application harnesses.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersStudents

Nov

Thu

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST

Chicago Amazon Quick User Group

AT&T Centerby Amazon Quick User Group - Chicago Area

A free, hands-on Chicago meetup for people using Amazon Quick, agentic AI and business intelligence, with practical community learning at Amazon’s Loop office.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusiness

Nov

Tue

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST

Schmidt AI in Science Speaker Series: Greg Bryan (Columbia)

David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicagoby University of Chicago Data Science Institute

A free University of Chicago research talk by Columbia astronomer Greg Bryan, part of the Schmidt AI in Science series on AI-driven advances across the physical and biological sciences.

MeetupFreeAdvancedResearchersStudents

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