AI in Healthcare and Chips, Upcoming AAIA Events in Portland, Seattle, Dallas & Memphis

Inside: Catch up on AI breakthroughs in semiconductor design and financial services, plus details on July–August AAIA events including pitch nights, happy hours, and industry webinars.

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Applied AI Association
July 19, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 15 minutes

👋 Editor's Note

This week, we spotlight recent advancements and conversations shaping the AI landscape. Highlights include new AI-powered tools in healthcare and chip design, reflections from engaging community gatherings, and coverage of significant industry news, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent rollout and the evolving debate on trust in AI and medicine. As always, we encourage you to explore upcoming Applied AI Association events and on-demand sessions, whether your focus is education, enterprise adoption, or understanding the broader societal implications of AI.

Have something to share with the global AAIA community? Send your news, tools, or events to [email protected].

📅 Upcoming events:

🗓️ Portland / SW Washington AAIA Chapter

  • Vantechy & Applied AI Happy Hour

  • 🗓️ Monday, July 21, 2025, 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM USA Pacific Time | In-person

  • 🔗 Learn more and register

🗓️ Seattle AAIA Chapter

🗓️ Dallas AAIA Chapter

🗓️ Memphis AAIA Chapter

  • AI Startup Pitch Night

  • 🗓️ Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM USA Central Time | Hybrid In-person + Online

  • 🔗 Details to follow

📢 AAIA chapter and member news and updates:

🔄 Recap: India AAIA Chapter, AI in Chips & Devices, Bengaluru, July 19, 2025

From event host IKP EDEN:

Here’s a recap of the inspiring sessions and speakers:

Marmik Soni (Tessolve): Shared fascinating insights on leveraging AI to revolutionize semiconductor chip design and manufacturing. Their AI-driven approaches have resulted in processes that are faster, more accurate, and cost-effective, enhancing the entire semiconductor workflow.

Siva Teja Kakileti (Niramai Health Analytix): Took us through Niramai's journey in deploying AI to tackle major challenges in women’s health, specifically early breast cancer detection. His session illuminated how AI is democratizing access to advanced diagnostics, truly making a difference in healthcare accessibility.

Laina Emmanuel (BrainSightAI): Gave a deep dive into BrainsightAI’s mission of decoding the brain using their connectomics engine. Addressing one of the most complex deeptech problems, her session highlighted efforts to unravel the mysteries of brain connectivity with cutting-edge AI.

Ashish Khushu (L&T Technology Services): Offered a forward-looking perspective on the next wave of AI innovation. His session shed light on emerging AI possibilities and gave the audience a glimpse into the future advancements we can expect.

A huge thanks to all the speakers for sharing their knowledge and experiences!

🔄 Recap: Seattle AAIA Chapter, Creative Media and Generative AI, Thursday, July 10, 2025

Seattle AAIA Chapter, Creative Media and Generative AI, Thursday, July 10, 2025, from AAIA Seattle Chapter President, Boaz Ashkenazy:

Appreciate everyone who joined us at Foundations last night (Thank you Aviel Ginzburg) for the Applied AI Association (AAIA) AI & Gen Media session. Strong turnout and powerful insights from our panelists Rolanda Fu, Mark Buckler, PhD, Patrick Ellis, and Dave Siegfried.

Big thanks to our lead sponsor Baker Tilly for hosting—great call on the MOTO Pizza, Van Spires. Also grateful to our supporting sponsors: TalentReach, CIBC Innovation Banking, and Augmented AI Labs.

With new audio and video tools launching weekly, it was valuable to pause and take stock of where things stand—and where they’re headed.

My big takeaway: while displacement in this space is inevitable, there’s real opportunity for those who approach it with the right mindset.

✍️ In the News Spotlight: Nathan Pettyjohn, Founder and President of the Applied AI Association featured in last week’s article: “AI Will Eliminate 300 Million Jobs — Make Sure Yours Isn’t One of Them,” Warns Tech Founder Nathan Pettyjohn (TechBullion, July 11, 2025)

Tech founder Nathan Pettyjohn warns that while AI could eliminate up to 300 million jobs globally, the real challenge for workers is to adapt by rapidly acquiring AI skills and redesigning their roles, as those who leverage AI will thrive in the evolving job market while those who do not risk being left behind. (show me more)

✍️ AAAI Founder’s Corner:  Recent “Future Work Blueprint” posts from AAIA Founder and President Nathan Pettyjohn

  • 📝 12,000 Miles Into the Future of Work

    • What I uncovered traveling the US, to Iceland, and to the South Pacific in one week: from defense officials to beach bartenders, AI’s quiet takeover and why most of us are missing its real potential… (show me more)

📰 In the News:

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Agent, a powerful AI assistant capable of autonomously performing complex, multi-step tasks like organizing calendars, shopping online, and generating research reports by combining the features of its Operator and Deep Research tools and giving the agent access to an entire virtual computer—now rolling out to Pro, Plus, and Team users. (show me more)

📰 What Makes an AI Development Partner Strategic in 2025? (Cascade Business News, July 18, 2025)

To thrive in the rapidly evolving AI landscape of 2025, organizations must choose strategic AI development partners—not just transactional vendors—who combine technical excellence, regulatory expertise, industry knowledge, and a long-term collaborative approach to ensure scalable, compliant, and innovative AI solutions that support ongoing business success. (show me more)

A successful enterprise-scale deployment of Generative AI in pharma requires flexible architectures, expert validation, and robust security measures to transform promising proof-of-concept pilots into high-performance, widely adopted solutions. (show me more)

A new study finds that patients are significantly less likely to trust, feel empathy toward, or seek care from physicians who mention using AI in any aspect of their practice, with even administrative AI lowering perceptions of competence, trustworthiness, and empathy.  (show me more)

Epic’s open-source Seismometer tool empowers healthcare systems to locally assess, compare, and validate AI models using their own data and workflows, helping ensure quality, fairness, and real-world effectiveness in clinical implementation. (show me more)

📰 AI in K-12 Education: Partners in Progress, Not Replacements (University of Connecticut, July 14, 2025)

Educators and experts at UConn emphasize that artificial intelligence should enhance and personalize K-12 learning while supporting—rather than replacing—the essential human roles of teachers and creativity in the classroom. (show me more)

📰 Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice (TechCrunch, July 18, 2025)

Meta has refused to sign the European Union's new voluntary AI code of practice, arguing that the code creates legal uncertainties and imposes stricter measures than the upcoming EU AI Act just weeks before its rules for general-purpose AI models take effect. (show me more)

A new study reveals that as transformer-based AI models are trained, they abruptly switch from understanding language through word order to grasping the underlying meaning once a critical data threshold is reached, offering new insights into how AI truly comprehends language. (show me more)

📰 This Week’s Slighty-off-topic Reads:

In a world-first, Shenzhen has deployed a fleet of penguin-shaped autonomous robots that ride the subway to deliver goods to over 100 7-Eleven stores, pioneering a new era of urban logistics and integrating robotics directly into public transit systems. (show me more)

📰 Coolest AI commercial of the week (Matthieu Lorrain, LinkedIn, July 18, 2025)

Watch the video.

🛠️ 📘 Tools and Reports Spotlight

A new Microsoft study analyzes over 200,000 real user interactions with Bing Copilot to reveal how generative AI is already transforming high-wage, white-collar work by augmenting tasks like writing and research, challenging automation narratives, and offering the most detailed, data-driven insight yet into AI's real-world impact on jobs and skills. (show me more)

Read the report: Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI

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Until next time!