Cutting Edge AI, Fast Focus

W11 Fast Focus: Build Your First AI Applications with Local AI

03/12/2025

1:30pm - 1:50pm

Level: Intermediate

Craig Loewen

Senior Product Manager

Microsoft

AI right now feels like a vast space which can be hard to jump into. This session will be boiling it down to hands on ways to get started by running AI models locally on your machine to develop your first application.

You will learn:

  • Get an overview of what 'AI' means in terms of what's available for developers in the market
  • Can use AI models locally
  • Can build a sample app with a local AI model