Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
@ontariobrain.bsky.social
Establishing Ontario as a world leader in brain research, commercialization and care.
braininstitute.ca
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Join our next Centre for Analytics webinar with Dr. Frank Rudzicz on AI-driven mental health diagnosis through speech analysis.
📅 March 5, 12-1pm EST
Dr. Rudzicz's work could enable earlier detection and monitoring of depression, bipolar disorder & anxiety.
Register: tinyurl.com/cfa-frank-ru...
📅 March 5, 12-1pm EST
Dr. Rudzicz's work could enable earlier detection and monitoring of depression, bipolar disorder & anxiety.
Register: tinyurl.com/cfa-frank-ru...
Centre for Analytics Webinar with Frank Rudzicz Lab
Join us for our next CfA webinar with Dr. Frank Rudzicz
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February 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Join our next Centre for Analytics webinar with Dr. Frank Rudzicz on AI-driven mental health diagnosis through speech analysis.
📅 March 5, 12-1pm EST
Dr. Rudzicz's work could enable earlier detection and monitoring of depression, bipolar disorder & anxiety.
Register: tinyurl.com/cfa-frank-ru...
📅 March 5, 12-1pm EST
Dr. Rudzicz's work could enable earlier detection and monitoring of depression, bipolar disorder & anxiety.
Register: tinyurl.com/cfa-frank-ru...
Now on Brain-CODE: CAN-BIND's ENABLE (Enabling Neuroscience research Approaches for Brain, feeLings and Emotions) clinical platform.
Dataset includes data from 400+ participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder across 9 Canadian sites.
Explore the dataset at: braincode.ca
Dataset includes data from 400+ participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder across 9 Canadian sites.
Explore the dataset at: braincode.ca
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Now on Brain-CODE: CAN-BIND's ENABLE (Enabling Neuroscience research Approaches for Brain, feeLings and Emotions) clinical platform.
Dataset includes data from 400+ participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder across 9 Canadian sites.
Explore the dataset at: braincode.ca
Dataset includes data from 400+ participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder across 9 Canadian sites.
Explore the dataset at: braincode.ca
Join us March 31 for our 40th OBI Public Talk — the finale of our Breakthroughs in Brain Science series! 🧠
Innovative Treatments for Brain Health
📅 March 31 | 6-7:30 PM
📍 Toronto + livestream
Researchers & innovators on emerging mental health treatments.
Register: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Innovative Treatments for Brain Health
📅 March 31 | 6-7:30 PM
📍 Toronto + livestream
Researchers & innovators on emerging mental health treatments.
Register: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
January 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Join us March 31 for our 40th OBI Public Talk — the finale of our Breakthroughs in Brain Science series! 🧠
Innovative Treatments for Brain Health
📅 March 31 | 6-7:30 PM
📍 Toronto + livestream
Researchers & innovators on emerging mental health treatments.
Register: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Innovative Treatments for Brain Health
📅 March 31 | 6-7:30 PM
📍 Toronto + livestream
Researchers & innovators on emerging mental health treatments.
Register: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Heading to Canada's top health science investment forum next week! 🧠 OBI at #OBIOInvestmentSummit (Feb 3-5). Five portfolio companies pitch: Yellowbird Diagnostics, LUCID, Sonaro, Vena Medical & AiimSense — showcasing Ontario's brain health innovation ecosystem.
www.obioinvestmentsummit.com
www.obioinvestmentsummit.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Heading to Canada's top health science investment forum next week! 🧠 OBI at #OBIOInvestmentSummit (Feb 3-5). Five portfolio companies pitch: Yellowbird Diagnostics, LUCID, Sonaro, Vena Medical & AiimSense — showcasing Ontario's brain health innovation ecosystem.
www.obioinvestmentsummit.com
www.obioinvestmentsummit.com
Reposted by Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
Don't miss out on this year's BrainHack Global Toronto happening at @sickkidsto.bsky.social Jan 19-21. Register here: brainhackto.github.io/brainhack-to... & check out our video to learn more:
brainhackto.github.io/brainhack-to...
@ontariobrain.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @uhn.ca @utoronto.ca
brainhackto.github.io/brainhack-to...
@ontariobrain.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @uhn.ca @utoronto.ca
BrainHack Toronto 2026
YouTube video by BrainHack Toronto
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January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Don't miss out on this year's BrainHack Global Toronto happening at @sickkidsto.bsky.social Jan 19-21. Register here: brainhackto.github.io/brainhack-to... & check out our video to learn more:
brainhackto.github.io/brainhack-to...
@ontariobrain.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @uhn.ca @utoronto.ca
brainhackto.github.io/brainhack-to...
@ontariobrain.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @uhn.ca @utoronto.ca
🧠 Registration open for BrainHack Toronto 2026!
Join us Jan 19-21 to collaborate & advance AI-driven approaches to brain data, supported through OBI's Centre for Analytics: www.eventbrite.com/e/brainhack-...
With partners: @uhn.ca @kcnhub.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social
Join us Jan 19-21 to collaborate & advance AI-driven approaches to brain data, supported through OBI's Centre for Analytics: www.eventbrite.com/e/brainhack-...
With partners: @uhn.ca @kcnhub.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
🧠 Registration open for BrainHack Toronto 2026!
Join us Jan 19-21 to collaborate & advance AI-driven approaches to brain data, supported through OBI's Centre for Analytics: www.eventbrite.com/e/brainhack-...
With partners: @uhn.ca @kcnhub.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social
Join us Jan 19-21 to collaborate & advance AI-driven approaches to brain data, supported through OBI's Centre for Analytics: www.eventbrite.com/e/brainhack-...
With partners: @uhn.ca @kcnhub.bsky.social @sickkidsto.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social
Now on Brain-CODE: New EpLink dataset on temporal lobe #epilepsyresearch to predict surgical outcomes + cognitive side effects.
Led by @uhnresearch.ca & @westernu.ca researchers, connecting brain features with outcomes for AI-driven personalized care.
🧠 More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Led by @uhnresearch.ca & @westernu.ca researchers, connecting brain features with outcomes for AI-driven personalized care.
🧠 More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Now on Brain-CODE: New EpLink dataset on temporal lobe #epilepsyresearch to predict surgical outcomes + cognitive side effects.
Led by @uhnresearch.ca & @westernu.ca researchers, connecting brain features with outcomes for AI-driven personalized care.
🧠 More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Led by @uhnresearch.ca & @westernu.ca researchers, connecting brain features with outcomes for AI-driven personalized care.
🧠 More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Reposted by Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
BrainHack Global Toronto Registration is Now Open 🧠 💻 Jan 19–21, 2026
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Please help us spread the word and share widely - thank you!
@sickkidsto.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca @ontariobrain.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social
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Please help us spread the word and share widely - thank you!
@sickkidsto.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca @ontariobrain.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BrainHack Global Toronto Registration is Now Open 🧠 💻 Jan 19–21, 2026
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Please help us spread the word and share widely - thank you!
@sickkidsto.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca @ontariobrain.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social
lnkd.in/erPBqf8i
Please help us spread the word and share widely - thank you!
@sickkidsto.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca @ontariobrain.bsky.social @camhnews.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social @baycrest.bsky.social
🧠 A New Blueprint for Brain Health: our open access book with @springernature.com on community-led evaluation transforming #brainhealth via OBI's GEEK program backing 20+ #community initiatives since 2019.
Edited by Sridharan, Antflick, Scott & Nakaima.
▶️ link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Edited by Sridharan, Antflick, Scott & Nakaima.
▶️ link.springer.com/book/9783032...
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🧠 A New Blueprint for Brain Health: our open access book with @springernature.com on community-led evaluation transforming #brainhealth via OBI's GEEK program backing 20+ #community initiatives since 2019.
Edited by Sridharan, Antflick, Scott & Nakaima.
▶️ link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Edited by Sridharan, Antflick, Scott & Nakaima.
▶️ link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Alliance members gather today to reflect on a year of impactful dementia research and innovation initiatives and set goals for an even stronger year ahead. Together, we’re building a unified path for dementia research and innovation in Canada. 🤝🧠✨
#AVoiceForHealthyBrainAging
#AVoiceForHealthyBrainAging
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Alliance members gather today to reflect on a year of impactful dementia research and innovation initiatives and set goals for an even stronger year ahead. Together, we’re building a unified path for dementia research and innovation in Canada. 🤝🧠✨
#AVoiceForHealthyBrainAging
#AVoiceForHealthyBrainAging
From data to discovery: Brain-CODE transforms brain health research 🧠
With datasets from nearly 30,000 participants across concussion, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy & neurodegenerative diseases—OBI’s platform is fueling global research.
More: tinyurl.com/brain-code-y...
With datasets from nearly 30,000 participants across concussion, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy & neurodegenerative diseases—OBI’s platform is fueling global research.
More: tinyurl.com/brain-code-y...
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
From data to discovery: Brain-CODE transforms brain health research 🧠
With datasets from nearly 30,000 participants across concussion, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy & neurodegenerative diseases—OBI’s platform is fueling global research.
More: tinyurl.com/brain-code-y...
With datasets from nearly 30,000 participants across concussion, depression, neurodevelopmental disorders, cerebral palsy & neurodegenerative diseases—OBI’s platform is fueling global research.
More: tinyurl.com/brain-code-y...
🧠 New on Brain-CODE: groundbreaking dataset on how the brain processes language when affected by Alzheimer's, stroke & dementia. Led by Dr. Jed Meltzer (@baycrest.bsky.social) through the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI), an OBI research program. tinyurl.com/ondri-data
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🧠 New on Brain-CODE: groundbreaking dataset on how the brain processes language when affected by Alzheimer's, stroke & dementia. Led by Dr. Jed Meltzer (@baycrest.bsky.social) through the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI), an OBI research program. tinyurl.com/ondri-data
Collaboration is key to advancing dementia research. Tomorrow we're joining the Dementia Research & Innovation Funders Alliance Meeting with @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social & @braincanada.bsky.social for CIHR's Brain Health & Cognitive Impairment in Aging Initiative. More: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53676.html
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Collaboration is key to advancing dementia research. Tomorrow we're joining the Dementia Research & Innovation Funders Alliance Meeting with @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social & @braincanada.bsky.social for CIHR's Brain Health & Cognitive Impairment in Aging Initiative. More: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53676.html
Missed our Public Talk on AI in Brain Health Advances? The replay is now available!
🧠 Hear from OBI's Centre for Analytics innovators on how they're harnessing AI, deep learning and neurodata analytics to transform brain health research and care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzk9...
#brainhealth #AI
🧠 Hear from OBI's Centre for Analytics innovators on how they're harnessing AI, deep learning and neurodata analytics to transform brain health research and care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzk9...
#brainhealth #AI
OBI Public Talk - Breakthroughs in Brain Science: AI in Brain Health Advances
YouTube video by Ontario Brain Institute
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November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Missed our Public Talk on AI in Brain Health Advances? The replay is now available!
🧠 Hear from OBI's Centre for Analytics innovators on how they're harnessing AI, deep learning and neurodata analytics to transform brain health research and care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzk9...
#brainhealth #AI
🧠 Hear from OBI's Centre for Analytics innovators on how they're harnessing AI, deep learning and neurodata analytics to transform brain health research and care: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzk9...
#brainhealth #AI
As 2025 wraps up, we’re celebrating another year of breakthroughs in #brainhealth.
Explore our 2024-25 Year in Review to see how Ontario is advancing knowledge, supporting community care, growing neurotech, and powering neuroinformatics.
More: tinyurl.com/obi-2024-2025
Explore our 2024-25 Year in Review to see how Ontario is advancing knowledge, supporting community care, growing neurotech, and powering neuroinformatics.
More: tinyurl.com/obi-2024-2025
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As 2025 wraps up, we’re celebrating another year of breakthroughs in #brainhealth.
Explore our 2024-25 Year in Review to see how Ontario is advancing knowledge, supporting community care, growing neurotech, and powering neuroinformatics.
More: tinyurl.com/obi-2024-2025
Explore our 2024-25 Year in Review to see how Ontario is advancing knowledge, supporting community care, growing neurotech, and powering neuroinformatics.
More: tinyurl.com/obi-2024-2025
🧠 How is AI transforming brain health research? Join our Nov 3 Public Talk: AI in Brain Health Advances.
Our panel will showcase groundbreaking work with our Centre for Analytics, demonstrating how AI & deep learning are driving innovation in neuroscience.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
Our panel will showcase groundbreaking work with our Centre for Analytics, demonstrating how AI & deep learning are driving innovation in neuroscience.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🧠 How is AI transforming brain health research? Join our Nov 3 Public Talk: AI in Brain Health Advances.
Our panel will showcase groundbreaking work with our Centre for Analytics, demonstrating how AI & deep learning are driving innovation in neuroscience.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
Our panel will showcase groundbreaking work with our Centre for Analytics, demonstrating how AI & deep learning are driving innovation in neuroscience.
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
Join us for our next Centre for Analytics Webinar featuring Dr. Clement Ma!
📅November 11, 2025
🕛12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
🖥️Online
Discover how AI and advanced analytics are accelerating early diagnosis and transforming mental health treatment and care.
Register now: eventbrite.ca/e/centre-for...
📅November 11, 2025
🕛12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
🖥️Online
Discover how AI and advanced analytics are accelerating early diagnosis and transforming mental health treatment and care.
Register now: eventbrite.ca/e/centre-for...
Centre for Analytics Webinar with Dr. Clement Ma
Join us for our next CfA webinar with Dr. Clement Ma.
eventbrite.ca
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Join us for our next Centre for Analytics Webinar featuring Dr. Clement Ma!
📅November 11, 2025
🕛12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
🖥️Online
Discover how AI and advanced analytics are accelerating early diagnosis and transforming mental health treatment and care.
Register now: eventbrite.ca/e/centre-for...
📅November 11, 2025
🕛12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
🖥️Online
Discover how AI and advanced analytics are accelerating early diagnosis and transforming mental health treatment and care.
Register now: eventbrite.ca/e/centre-for...
💡 Calling Ontario researchers! $100K from @computeontario.bsky.social is available for data analytics training.
Up to 4 grants of $25K each to develop courses in computational neuroscience, neuroanalytics data analysis & Indigenous data sovereignty.
⏰ Apply by Nov 6: tinyurl.com/funding-comp...
Up to 4 grants of $25K each to develop courses in computational neuroscience, neuroanalytics data analysis & Indigenous data sovereignty.
⏰ Apply by Nov 6: tinyurl.com/funding-comp...
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
💡 Calling Ontario researchers! $100K from @computeontario.bsky.social is available for data analytics training.
Up to 4 grants of $25K each to develop courses in computational neuroscience, neuroanalytics data analysis & Indigenous data sovereignty.
⏰ Apply by Nov 6: tinyurl.com/funding-comp...
Up to 4 grants of $25K each to develop courses in computational neuroscience, neuroanalytics data analysis & Indigenous data sovereignty.
⏰ Apply by Nov 6: tinyurl.com/funding-comp...
AI is revolutionizing brain health – and you're invited to see how. 🧠 OBI’s next Public Talk, AI in Brain Health Advances, is next Monday, Nov 3.
Partner booths 5 PM | Talk 6 PM | Live Q&A
In-person tickets are sold out, but you can still join virtually!
🔗 RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
Partner booths 5 PM | Talk 6 PM | Live Q&A
In-person tickets are sold out, but you can still join virtually!
🔗 RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
AI is revolutionizing brain health – and you're invited to see how. 🧠 OBI’s next Public Talk, AI in Brain Health Advances, is next Monday, Nov 3.
Partner booths 5 PM | Talk 6 PM | Live Q&A
In-person tickets are sold out, but you can still join virtually!
🔗 RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
Partner booths 5 PM | Talk 6 PM | Live Q&A
In-person tickets are sold out, but you can still join virtually!
🔗 RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ai-in-brai...
Excited for today’s envisAGE Forum - Fueling AgeTech Innovation: Connect with Funders, Collaborate & Transform at 2:40 pm! Caitlin Siu (OBI) will join NRC, Can Health Network & @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social to explore how collaboration fuels #AgeTech #innovation. More: www.envis-age.ca/en/program-f...
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Excited for today’s envisAGE Forum - Fueling AgeTech Innovation: Connect with Funders, Collaborate & Transform at 2:40 pm! Caitlin Siu (OBI) will join NRC, Can Health Network & @cabhiinnovates.bsky.social to explore how collaboration fuels #AgeTech #innovation. More: www.envis-age.ca/en/program-f...
We asked 30+ patients, youth & families who advise our research programs what it’s really like to partner with OBI.
Their feedback: fair compensation & accessible meetings work — but we need to close the loop so advisors see how their input drives change. 🧠
More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Their feedback: fair compensation & accessible meetings work — but we need to close the loop so advisors see how their input drives change. 🧠
More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We asked 30+ patients, youth & families who advise our research programs what it’s really like to partner with OBI.
Their feedback: fair compensation & accessible meetings work — but we need to close the loop so advisors see how their input drives change. 🧠
More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
Their feedback: fair compensation & accessible meetings work — but we need to close the loop so advisors see how their input drives change. 🧠
More: braininstitute.ca/news-events/...
It’s #ScienceLiteracyWeek! Check out our collab with @onsciencecentre.bsky.social, featuring evergreen, evidence-based tips you can use daily.
At OBI, we support informed decisions about your #brainhealth with tools, resources & public talks translating research into practice: braininstitute.ca
At OBI, we support informed decisions about your #brainhealth with tools, resources & public talks translating research into practice: braininstitute.ca
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s #ScienceLiteracyWeek! Check out our collab with @onsciencecentre.bsky.social, featuring evergreen, evidence-based tips you can use daily.
At OBI, we support informed decisions about your #brainhealth with tools, resources & public talks translating research into practice: braininstitute.ca
At OBI, we support informed decisions about your #brainhealth with tools, resources & public talks translating research into practice: braininstitute.ca
Reposted by Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
Don't miss Canada’s largest science, technology and innovation policy conference this November 19-21, 2025 in Ottawa!
Learn more and view the agenda: WWW.CSPC2025.CA
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025
Learn more and view the agenda: WWW.CSPC2025.CA
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025
October 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Don't miss Canada’s largest science, technology and innovation policy conference this November 19-21, 2025 in Ottawa!
Learn more and view the agenda: WWW.CSPC2025.CA
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025
Learn more and view the agenda: WWW.CSPC2025.CA
#CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025
Calling all students & recent grads aiming to build Canada’s next leading startup! NEXT Canada is recruiting for Next 36, a Venture & Founder Development program that helps students and grads from any discipline launch their ventures.
🔔Deadline: Tue, Oct 14, 2025
➡️More: www.nextcanada.com/next-36/
🔔Deadline: Tue, Oct 14, 2025
➡️More: www.nextcanada.com/next-36/
NEXT 36 – NEXT Canada
www.nextcanada.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Calling all students & recent grads aiming to build Canada’s next leading startup! NEXT Canada is recruiting for Next 36, a Venture & Founder Development program that helps students and grads from any discipline launch their ventures.
🔔Deadline: Tue, Oct 14, 2025
➡️More: www.nextcanada.com/next-36/
🔔Deadline: Tue, Oct 14, 2025
➡️More: www.nextcanada.com/next-36/
Next OBI Public Talk: AI in Brain Health Advances 🧠
Join us with four innovators from OBI's Centre for Analytics who are taking AI from the research lab to real-world clinical impact.
🔹 November 3, 2025
🔹 6:00–7:30 PM
🔹 BMO Centre, Toronto Western Hospital | Online
RSVP: braininstitute.ca/AI-talk
Join us with four innovators from OBI's Centre for Analytics who are taking AI from the research lab to real-world clinical impact.
🔹 November 3, 2025
🔹 6:00–7:30 PM
🔹 BMO Centre, Toronto Western Hospital | Online
RSVP: braininstitute.ca/AI-talk
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Next OBI Public Talk: AI in Brain Health Advances 🧠
Join us with four innovators from OBI's Centre for Analytics who are taking AI from the research lab to real-world clinical impact.
🔹 November 3, 2025
🔹 6:00–7:30 PM
🔹 BMO Centre, Toronto Western Hospital | Online
RSVP: braininstitute.ca/AI-talk
Join us with four innovators from OBI's Centre for Analytics who are taking AI from the research lab to real-world clinical impact.
🔹 November 3, 2025
🔹 6:00–7:30 PM
🔹 BMO Centre, Toronto Western Hospital | Online
RSVP: braininstitute.ca/AI-talk