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Generative AI Hackathon

Build applications using NLP!

We welcome you to join us for episode one of Cohere Online Hackathon! We're partnering with Cohere to give the LabLab community the opportunity to build with one of the world's most powerful artificial intelligence language models.
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Cohere NLP

Cohere provides through it's API unprecedented access to affordable, easy-to-deploy large language models capable of powering the next generation of game-changing AI native applications.

Powerful NLP Model

Cohere trained their models on billions of words to understand the nuances and context markers of human communication.

Flexible API

The Cohere API works with many different libraries that fit every stack. Cohere's Python, Node, and Go SDKs make AI easy to integrate into your app.

Cohere Sandbox

Introducing the new Sandbox for developing and deploying advanced natural language processing (NLP) projects, quickly.

Cohere Challenge

The challenge for this hackathon is to create an innovative solution using Cohere API

*You can get additional points if your project uses Cohereโ€™s Generate endpoint.

Prizes and Awards

๐Ÿฅ‡ $5000 API credits + $1000 cash
๐Ÿ† $4000 API credits + $1300 cash to be distributed among the finalists

Additionally, all winning teams will receive exclusive holiday swag and have the chance to: Meet Cohere Founder for a virtual coffee & record a video of their demo that will be promoted on Cohere's channels!

Cohere NLP Hackathon details

Join lablab and Cohere during 48h to innovate and build the new generation of NLP powered applications. Find all the relevant details below.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Where and when

The hackathon starts on December 2nd and ends on December 4th. Over the weekend, you'll have the opportunity to learn from Cohere and lablab experts during workshops, keynotes, and mentoring sessions. The hackathon will take place on the lablab.ai platform.

๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ Who should participate?

Previous experience in AI is not required but welcomed. While many participants are industry experts, we also welcome people with other types of domain knowledge that want to understand & explore how AI can be used in their fields.

๐Ÿ” Access to Cohere API

To get started with Cohere NLP API please signup using the following link: https://cohere.ai/signup. Your trial API key are free and has and can handle up to 100 calls per minute free of charge. You can find more information about the API here.

๐Ÿ˜… How about teams?

If you donโ€™t have a team you will be able to match and team up with other participants around the world. Finding & creating teams can be done from the dashboard you can access after you enroll. We also recommend checking our Discord server to find teammates and discuss ideas. You can join it here

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ How to participate in the hackathon

The hackathon will take place online on lablab.ai platform and lablab.ai Discord Server. Please register for both in order to participate. To participate click the "Enroll" button at the bottom of the page and read our Hackathon Guidelines.

๐Ÿง  Get prepared

To get prepared for the hackathon, we recommend you to start at our Cohere technology page where you can find all the relevant information about the API and how to use it plus cohere tutorials and cohere boilerplates.

Sandbox

Cohere

Sandbox is a collection of experimental, open-source GitHub repositories that make building applications and/or showcasing how such applications are built using large language models fast and easy with Cohere. Sandbox repositories aim to enable all developers, regardless of ML experience, to:

Conversant

A framework for building conversational agents on top of the Cohere API.

Route Generation

Build a functional chatbot that recognizes users' intent from descriptions.

Grounded QA

A powerful, contextualized, factual question-answering Discord bot.

Topically

A suite of tools that help you make sense of text collections.

Toy Semantic Search

A simple semantic search engine built with the Cohere API

Applications build on Cohere

Learn about the winning projects from previous episodes of the Cohere hackathons.

Perfect Prompt

Prompt engineering and image generation tool.

Tip of my Tongue

An application that improves the efficiency of chat-based support systems.

Turing Test

A tool for finding and browsing books based on short prompts, keywords, or story plot.

Cohere AI Hackathon

API Access

Signup for API Access

Cohere's API is currently free-to-use for everyone. Sign up for Cohere and start integrating NLP into your builds now!

Speakers, Mentors and Organizers

  • Edward Grefenstette
    Speaker

    Edward Grefenstette

    Head of ML, Cohere; Honorary Professor, UCL

  • Meor Amer
    Speaker

    Meor Amer

    NLP at Cohere | ML Visuals at kDimensions

  • Sandra Kublik
    Speaker

    Sandra Kublik

    Developer Relations at Cohere

  • Luis Serrano
    Speaker

    Luis Serrano

    Author of Grokking Machine Learning | AI scientist and communicator

  • Jay Alammar
    Speaker

    Jay Alammar

    Director, Engineering Fellow (NLP) at Cohere

  • Mathias Asberg
    Speaker

    Mathias Asberg

    Founder New Native

  • Paweล‚ Czech
    Speaker

    Paweล‚ Czech

    Founder New Native

  • Aleksander Jankowski
    Speaker

    Aleksander Jankowski

    Operations and Partner Manager at New Native

  • Ervin Moore
    Mentor

    Ervin Moore

    PhD Student in Computer Science

  • Omar Atef Sesa
    Mentor

    Omar Atef Sesa

    Teaching Assistant || Machine Learning Eng. & Researcher || AI | ML

  • Souvik Bhattacharya
    Mentor

    Souvik Bhattacharya

    Product Manager at Meta

  • Anastasiia Strakhova
    Organizer

    Anastasiia Strakhova

    Community Manager at New Native

  • Olesia Zinchenko
    Organizer

    Olesia Zinchenko

    Social Media Manager at NewNative

  • Jakub Zakrzewski
    Organizer

    Jakub Zakrzewski

    Event Manager at New Native

Hackathon FAQ

Who can join the Hackathon?

We welcome domain experts from all industries, not just AI or tech. Successful AI solutions require a combination of technical expertise and domain knowledge. Coding experience is recommended.

Do I need a team?

You are welcome to join as a team or solo, if solo. We encourage you to look for a team before the event. We recommend you to join the Deep Learning Labs Discord channel: https://discord.gg/gCuBwBB35k and posting in the #looking-for-team channel to get to know your potential future team members.

Do I need a Github account?

It is recommended, that at least one team member has a Github account. You can create one for free if you don't already have one.

Do I have to use Cohere's Generate?

You can use other APIs but with Generate you will be able to get some additional points.

I have other questions.

Feel free to reach us on social media, or through our Discord channel.

Event Schedule

  • To be announced
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