Welcome, everyone, and thanks for celebrating AI Appreciation Day with us! AI Appreciation Day is a holiday that celebrates all the positives and achievements of AI technology. We talk about artificial intelligence a lot in the AV community, but AI has touched so many other industries and holds the possibility to touch even more. Formed by an organization called AI Heart LLC, the holiday was first celebrated in 2021.

At LAVNCH [CODE], we obviously jumped at the chance to celebrate this holiday. After all, AI has completely changed so much about the world around us. So, to celebrate this holiday, we are releasing one column an hour all day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT from different amazing writers all over our industry. Here are a few of the subjects you’ll see covered today:

• AI and Smart Cities
• AI and Content Creation
• AI and Virtual Production
• AI and the Metaverse
• and much more!

So make sure to keep checking the site and our social media. Thanks for celebrating AI Appreciation Day with us—we can’t wait to see what the future holds!

About the Author: Steph Beckett is the managing editor at rAVe [PUBS] and a live event host for the LAVNCH platform. Beckett has an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in dramatic arts in journalism with a minor in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She can be reached at steph@ravepubs.com.

Editor’s Note: This blog is part of a series for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Appreciation Day, which is held annually on July 16. Click here to read more AI Day stories from LAVNCH [CODE] and click here to read more AI Day stories from rAVe [PUBS].