AI Communities & Events
Where to connect with other AI builders, researchers, and enthusiasts.
Online Communities
| Community | Members | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| r/MachineLearning | 3.5M+ | Research papers, technical discussions |
| r/LocalLLaMA | 500K+ | Running open-source models locally |
| r/singularity | 2M+ | AGI, futurism, AI news |
| r/ClaudeAI | 200K+ | Claude-specific tips and use cases |
| r/OpenAI | 2M+ | GPT, API, product discussions |
Discord
- Hugging Face Discord - 50K+ members, active research and support channels
- Stability AI Discord - Image generation community, model updates
- LangChain Discord - Framework support, project showcases
- LlamaIndex Discord - RAG architecture discussions
- Anthropic Discord - Claude API users, prompt sharing
Slack / Workspaces
- MLOps Community - Production ML, MLOps, infrastructure (~30K members)
- Rasa Community - Conversational AI, open-source NLP
- Women in AI - Networking, mentorship, events
Conferences (2026)
| Conference | When | Where | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| NeurIPS | December | Vancouver | Research, benchmarks, frontier |
| ICML | July | Vienna | Machine learning research |
| ICLR | April | Singapore | Representation learning |
| AAAI | February | Washington DC | Applied AI |
| AI Engineer Summit | June | San Francisco | Building with LLMs |
| LLM Summit | September | Virtual | LLM-specific applications |
| World AI Conference | October | Shanghai | Global AI landscape |
Meetups & Local Groups
- AI Tinkerers - Hands-on meetups in 20+ cities (SF, NYC, London, etc.)
- Papers We Love - Monthly paper reading groups worldwide
- Open Source AI Meetups - Community-run, focused on local/self-hosted models
- PyData / Data Science Meetups - Broader ML/AI community
Check Meetup.com and Luma for AI events near you.
Newsletters
| Newsletter | Frequency | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| The Batch (Andrew Ng) | Weekly | Broad AI overview |
| TLDR AI | Daily | Quick summaries |
| Import AI (Jack Clark) | Weekly | Frontier research |
| Last Week in AI | Weekly | News roundup |
| AI Breakfast | Weekly | Tools and resources |
| The AI Edge | Weekly | Applied AI, engineering |
Twitter / X Accounts to Follow
See the Who to Follow page for a curated list of researchers, practitioners, and organizations.