Over 8,000 AI leaders converge for three days of groundbreaking insights, impactful networking and future formation conversations
Las Vegas, NV / Access Newswire / August 20, 2025 / AI4, the largest artificial intelligence industry event in North America, successfully concluded the 8th meeting at MGM Grand in Las Vegas this week, bringing together over 8,000 executives, engineers, investors, policymakers and researchers from over 85 countries. Over the course of three days, participants investigated the transformational impact of AI across industries, including finance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, government, over 600 speakers, over 250 exhibitors and 50 dedicated trucks.
“The future of AI in America is no longer here,” said Michael Weiss, co-founder of AI4. “For the past three days, we have welcomed leaders from every corner of the world and explored: breakthroughs in self-driving cars, drug discovery and software development are not theoretical. Conversations in AI4 are shaping the future.
The conference began with a strong keynote address from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), interviewed by Jason Abbruzzese of NBC News. Speaking with the packed audience at MGM Grand Arena, Weingarten outlined AFT’s strategy to protect education from AI-related risks, highlighting state-level regulations that highlight AI-related risks in the absence of federal law. “I think it’s going to be state by state,” she pointed out, citing concerns about chatbot security, privacy rights, deepfake content, and erosion of students’ critical thinking skills. She also highlighted the successful driving force of AFT to prevent a decade-long moratorium proposal on state AI law, allowing short-term safeguards to be enacted.
On the second day, Jeffrey Hinton, 2024 Nobel Prize winner and widely recognized as the “Godfather of AI,” providing a modest vision of the AI trajectory. Warning that AI could outweigh human intelligence within five to 20 years, Hinton proposed programming AI with “maternal instincts” to ensure that it cared for humanity rather than controlling it. “If it wasn’t going to make me a parent, it would replace me,” warned Hinton, stressing that without such safety measures, human control over close human AI might be impossible.
On the third day, Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Professor Stanford and co-director of the Human-centered AI Institute, offered a more optimistic perspective as a partner in human potential. During her conversation with CNN’s Matt Egan, she highlighted empathy, curiosity and responsibility as core drivers, focusing on strong surveillance and human-first design around simulated affection. The day also featured Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeet Patel in a fireplace chat with Egan to promote catalysts to promote Enger’s innovation.
Other distinctive voices include Rep. Robert Bresnahan Jr., who has dealt with the growing demand for AI electricity, and districts experiencing major data center expansion advocates for accelerated infrastructure development while protecting consumers from the burden of costs.
AI4 2025 offered a wide range of specialized programming including:
AI Agent and Multi-Agent Collaboration
Generation AI – From basic strategies to advanced applications
AI policies and regulations
Beginner Summits, AI Diversity, and Targeted Industry Meet-Up
General Meeting-led AI Training Workshop in Applied Machine Learning and Advanced Generation AI Chain
Networking highlights include evening receptions and high energy afterparties at Hakkasan.
Over 250 cutting-edge AI vendors have shown solutions that span AI applications and agents, cloud infrastructure, security and governance, industry-specific transformation tools, and generation capabilities. Live demos including crowd favorite Unitree Robotics will enable AI innovation and enable participants to engage directly with the product team.
Participants praised AI4 2025 for its quality, diversity and scale.
“Dynamic content and incredible speakers… Absurd content for the higher education community!”
“A gold mine of connections! The diversity of the executives present was really impressive.”
“AI4 goes beyond curating the community, and this was the most impressive group I’ve interacted with at the meeting.”
“We’re looking forward to seeing you in the future,” said Marcus Jecklin, co-founder of AI4. “This community continues to inspire us and we can’t wait to build on this momentum next year.”
About AI4
AI4 2025 has reaffirmed its position as a marquee event in the AI industry. It is a catalyst for innovation, collaboration and real-world AI adoption. The meeting will return from August 4-6, 2026 in Venetian, Las Vegas. For more information, please visit https://ai4.io/vegas/2026-interest/. Founded in 2018 by Michael Weiss and Marcus Jecklin, AI4 is North America’s best AI conference series, bringing together business leaders, AI practitioners, researchers and policy makers each year to explore the real impact of AI across all major sectors.
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