# Chat Projects at AI Tinkerers

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Real-time, synchronous communication: the core technology enabling instant, text-based, cross-platform message exchange between two or more users.

Chat, or Instant Messaging (IM), is a synchronous, computer-mediated communication technology, tracing its roots back to the 1960s with systems like MIT's CTSS. Its modern form was popularized by protocols like IRC and commercial clients such as ICQ (1996) and AOL Instant Messenger (AIM, 1997). Today's platforms (e.g., WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams) leverage various protocols (like WebSocket) to deliver immediate, two-way communication, far exceeding simple text: current IM systems integrate multimedia, file transfer, VoIP, and "presence" indicators. The technology is now foundational for both global consumer interaction (over 2 billion WhatsApp users) and enterprise collaboration.

- Official technology site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging
- Public AI Tinkerers demos and talks: 4
- Result page: 1 of 1

## Recent Public Talks and Demos

### [Teaching an AI to Text: Turning Natural Language Into Chat Actions](https://chicago.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_XrA7jcPfzYI)

This demo explores how AI can improve the texting experience by letting users send messages using natural language instead of UI steps. I’ll present SmartChat, a real-time chat experiment where users can type commands like “Send Aron I’ll be late” and have the system infer the recipient, message, and intent. The focus is on how the AI layer was designed: parsing ambiguous text, matching recipients from partial names, confirming intent, handling mistakes, and keeping the interaction fast enough for real-time chat. I’ll walk through how LLMs were integrated into a mobile messaging flow, how failures are handled, and what design patterns worked (and didn’t) when AI becomes part of the text input itself.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Chicago: February Meetup ft. DubClub — 2026-02-17 — Chicago
- Public talk page: https://chicago.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_XrA7jcPfzYI

### [Uptalk - AI Language Learning](https://boston.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_3Vnfnr6Lmi0)

iOS app to help learn languages by chatting with AI

- Event context: AI Tinkerers Boston Meetup at Publicis Sapient — 2025-09-29 — Boston
- Public talk page: https://boston.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_3Vnfnr6Lmi0

### [LLaVA Next Interleave](https://austin.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_VK2vrPH1aUI)

LLaVA Next Interleave is an exciting new model by llms labs that takes any number of videos & images, and in one inference call, compare/chat about/describe them i want to talk about the non obvious, interesting parts of the model's use cases, running the model yourself/deployment & integration/hacks for use in apps. And answer any questions.

- Event context: July Meetup: Community AI Demos — 2024-07-11 — Austin
- Public talk page: https://austin.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_VK2vrPH1aUI

### [Penguin AI](https://nyc.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_pD4ANAsn0R0)

Auto-email website visitors. De-anonymize your web traffic, qualify and score it with AI, and automatically conduct outreach via email, LinkedIn, and chat.

- Event context: AI Tinkerers NYC April 2024 Meetup — 2024-04-24 — New York City
- Public talk page: https://nyc.aitinkerers.org/talks/rsvp_pD4ANAsn0R0

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