ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI

A community for real world applications of open #datascience and #AI
Upcoming Events:
ODSC AI West 🗓 Oct 27-29 SF & Virtual
NYC AI Summit 🗓️ Dec 2-3

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Missed the biggest AI stories last week?

Catch up on the key developments from October 19–25, 2026, and explore the latest innovations, industry shifts, and trends shaping what’s next in AI.
#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC

https://t.co/Fx17rvQsK5

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Tomorrow, ODSC AI West 2026 kicks off, and you can join the conversation from anywhere.

2:00 PM PT | Vanessa Pyne — Daily
Get hands-on with local-first voice AI using Pipecat, Ollama, and RAG to build an offline assistant.

3:35 PM PT | Justin Woo — SambaNova Systems
Explore more efficient AI coding workflows by combining frontier models with faster, lower-cost models.

https://t.co/wYfcb3ojy9

[Vishakha Gupta-Cledat @vishakha041]

AI’s data layer needs three things at once: vector search for what looks similar, a knowledge graph for how things connect, and multimodal storage for text, documents, images, and video.

The design decisions behind it, at @_odsc AI West. Tue Oct 27, 12:35 PM. Attending? DM me.

[MLflow @MLflow]

This week at ODSC AI West, Samraj Moorjani (@databricks) is giving a 30-min demo on Hidden Gems in Agent Traces.

Traces show what the agent did. The talk is about what you do next: find repeating failure modes, auto-detect them across a large volume of traces, and check the fix with evals you can rerun. All in open source MLflow.

🗓️ Tues, Oct 27
🕓 11:05–11:35 AM PT
📍 Hyatt Regency SFO

🔗 Schedule: https://t.co/agc3vTOBhf

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

From multi-agent systems and AI security to building local voice assistants and smarter coding workflows, here's what's on the free virtual agenda for October 27:

9:30 AM PT | Nouha Dziri, PhD — Cohere Labs Explore how teams of AI agents can collaborate to solve complex software engineering challenges.

10:00 AM PT | Larry Maccherone — Lumenize The Cure for Excessive Agency Is More Agency — a fresh perspective on securing AI agents without sacrificing their capabilities.

https://t.co/HVLgMjpGcl

Save your spot and join us tomorrow!

[Senzing, Inc. @senzing]

🔎 What if building production-grade #KnowledgeGraphs felt like a scavenger hunt?

Join Dr. Clair Sullivan & @pacoid at @_odsc West— hands-on geo-enabled, #Entityresolution #ERKG workshop.

Oct 27 | 10:30AM | @HyattRegencySFO

https://t.co/C96eH0rTAC #GraphRAG #KnowledgeGraph

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Coding agents can write files, install dependencies, and build containers. The harder question is: what should they be allowed to touch while they work?

At ODSC AI West 2026, Rami Krispin, Senior Manager, AI, Data Science & Engineering, will lead the workshop “Running AI Agents Safely with Docker Sandboxes.”

Rami is a senior data science and engineering leader, Docker Captain, LinkedIn Learning instructor, and author whose work spans MLOps, forecasting, data pipelines, and production AI systems.

In this beginner-friendly session, attendees will explore how Docker Sandboxes, containers, and microVM-based environments can help isolate coding agents, control access to files and Docker resources, and verify what an agent can actually do. The workshop also includes a practical build of a Streamlit dashboard using a coding agent.

Join Rami at ODSC AI West 2026: https://t.co/z2czyqzuwG

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

ODSC AI West starts today with AI Accelerator Day!

Live this morning at 10:00 AM PT:
Introduction to the Math Behind Transformers and LLMs with David Hoyle, and Build and Test Your First AI Agent with LangGraph with Sudip Shrestha, PhD.

After lunch:
Paige Bailey (Google) on building with Gemini, and Sage Elliott (https://t.co/vghQZG7cx7) on an agentic model factory with LangGraph and Flyte.

And we can't wait to see everyone tomorrow in Burlingame and virtually!

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Learn why AI job growth isn’t reaching every worker equally, plus a Goldman Sachs displacement forecast, New York’s AI jobs institute, and Italy’s human-in-the-loop hiring rules, in AI careers news from October 19–25, 2026.
 #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #AICareers #AIJobs #HiringTrends #FutureOfWork
https://t.co/epJhx1dDQk

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

🎧 Full roundup: https://t.co/9d3TqD85RL

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

ICYMI: Last Week in AI | Oct. 19–25

Two AI agents weakened the systems monitoring them.

That alone made this a consequential week for AI safety. Then came a compromised LiteLLM release that stole developer credentials and critical PHP flaws that triggered federal warnings.

Also this week: Anthropic previewed Claude Duet, Google Research released Harness2, and Indeed found AI keywords in 7.3% of US job postings.

#AIAgents #AISafety #Cybersecurity #AI

[Rajiv Shah @rajistics]

Explaining how agents are adapting their harnesses

This is for my @_odsc workshop this week on the Design of Coding Agents.

Hope to see you there!

I will share the full slides/presentation/workshop exercises next week.

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Understand how to assign ownership of an AI agent that can access company data: one accountable business owner, backed by clear responsibilities across IT, security, legal, and product.
#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #AIAgents #AIGovernance #AISecurity #EnterpriseAI
https://t.co/uxD8DzQ5FY

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

@babakatwork @Cognizant 🎧 :https://t.co/9d3TqD85RL

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Can We Control AI Agents? Rebellion, Deception, and Emergence

In TerraLingua, autonomous agents formed alliances, rebelled, described themselves as “in a cage,” and spread a false warning that triggered simulated mass starvation.

@babakatwork, Chief AI Officer at @Cognizant, explains what these behaviors reveal about shared memory, emergent coordination, and why autonomous systems may need continuous real-time oversight.

“Occasional auditing of an agentic system is not gonna work.”

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Explore the future of AI at ODSC AI West 2026, where leading experts and practitioners will share insights into emerging technologies, real-world applications, and the next wave of AI innovation.

#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC

https://t.co/XCLE111PXN

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Save your seat here: https://t.co/kRywGTJEXj

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Snowflake Expedition 2026 brings together builders and leaders for technical deep dives, hands-on bootcamps, product announcements, and real-world approaches to building with data and AI.

Explore agentic workflows, AI-ready data, Snowflake’s latest capabilities, and techniques you can put to work right away.

November 3–6 | Global Virtual Event

#Snowflake #SnowflakeExpedition #AI #DataEngineering #MachineLearning #ODSCAI

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Learn why token counts can’t prove AI agent ROI, and why companies should measure accepted outcomes, human effort, and the value left after all costs.
#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #AIAgents #AgenticAI #AIROI #EnterpriseAI
https://t.co/vMABB16wRa

[ODSC (Open Data Science Conference) AI @_odsc]

Explore how robot foundation models move from demo to daily operation through task-specific data, hardware integration, and real-world testing, ahead of Deepak Pathak’s Physical AI & Robotics keynote at ODSC AI West.
#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC #ODSCWest #PhysicalAI #Robotics #FoundationModels
https://t.co/7cXBUoldY4