{"id":40925,"date":"2025-06-06T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=40925"},"modified":"2026-02-27T02:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:27:08","slug":"ai-engineer-worlds-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/ai-engineer-worlds-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest trends at the AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>The big news this week is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ai.engineer\/\">AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair<\/a> took place in San Francisco, with over 3,000 attendees! This is the third year it has been run, and it\u2019s growing exponentially. Google launched the latest version of <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google\/models\/gemini\/pro\/\">Gemini 2.5 Pro<\/a>, OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/06\/04\/chatgpt-introduces-meeting-recording-and-connectors-for-google-drive-box-and-more\/\">announced<\/a> that ChatGPT can now record meetings, and OpenAI released several new connectors for external apps including Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Google Drive. Lastly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hume.ai\/\">Hume.ai<\/a> launched EVI 3, an incredible new speech-language model.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dig in!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ai-engineer\">AI Engineer<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened\">What happened<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ai.engineer\/\">AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair<\/a> has become one of the largest and most respected AI conferences of the year. It\u2019s a fairly technical conference geared towards AI engineers. They bring in the top AI labs, founders and Fortune 500 CTOs for three days of sessions covering 16 different tracks, including everything from MCP (the hottest thing right now) to AI Infrastructure and Generative Media. All the sessions are recorded and livestreamed as well as made available on YouTube for anyone to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@aiDotEngineer\">watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-it-matters\">Why it matters<\/h3>\n<p>I know that most of you aren\u2019t\u00a0AI\u00a0engineers, and so this is not necessarily\u00a0the\u00a0most exciting news, but back in 1927,\u00a0the\u00a0fifth\u00a0Solvay Conference was held in Brussels, Belgium.\u00a0The\u00a0theme was \u201cElectrons and Photons\u201d, and it was attended by Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger, Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli, Marie Curie and others. Well, that\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0conference where\u00a0they established\u00a0the\u00a0foundation for\u00a0the\u00a0Standard Model of Physics, one of\u00a0the\u00a0most important, powerful and meaningful frameworks for understanding how\u00a0the\u00a0universe works and\u00a0the\u00a0basis for all modern technologies. This conference is shaping\u00a0up to be equally as important as we define\u00a0the\u00a0basis for Agentic\u00a0AI\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0future of human-AI\u00a0interaction.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-google\">Google<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-0\">What happened<\/h3>\n<p>Google DeepMind announced the latest version of <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google\/models\/gemini\/pro\/\">Gemini Pro 2.5<\/a> live on stage at the AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair (which, confusingly, doesn\u2019t increment the version number). But suffice to say that this current iteration is better in every way, including a 24-point ELO jump (ELO is a rating system used to calculate the relative skill level of players in a zero-sum game, like chess, where one player wins and the other loses) on LMArena (one of the leading LLM benchmarks), taking first place and a 35-point jump on WebDev Arena, also taking first place!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-it-matters-0\">Why it matters<\/h3>\n<p>What is most meaningful here is that Google, being one of the largest players in the space, is radically transforming from search to AI as their core competency, revolutionizing several industries in the process. I\u2019ve recently learned that we\u2019re distributing many of our AI strategies across OpenAI, Anthropic and Google because each has their strengths and weaknesses, so it\u2019s good to see that we have access to the best of the best.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-openai\">OpenAI<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-1\">What happened<\/h3>\n<p>OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/06\/04\/chatgpt-introduces-meeting-recording-and-connectors-for-google-drive-box-and-more\/\">announced<\/a> that ChatGPT can now record meetings, and they also released several new connectors for external apps including Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive and Google Drive. These connectors allow you to directly integrate with these third-party services to search through your documents or review content in your inbox. This sounds pretty amazing, and you can imagine the power (and risk, I suppose) of giving the AI access to your content.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-it-matters-1\">Why it matters<\/h3>\n<p>Recording meetings using AI tools has become all the rage, and seeing OpenAI step into that arena is pretty exciting. Adding connectors will dramatically expand the use cases for business users and continue to reduce the amount of time we squishy humans have to spend on boring, repetitive tasks. This is a fantastic use case for many of us who are interacting with clients, colleagues and tenants. It also allows for quick and easy summarization of all the content of a meeting, keeping everyone on the same page.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hume-ai\">Hume.ai<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-2\">What happened<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hume.ai\/\">Hume.ai<\/a> launched EVI 3, an incredible new speech-language model that allows users to custom design a voice based upon a simple description of what they are interested in hearing. We are in the mind-blowing world of generative AI that can create realistic voices, which can be customized in very powerful ways in just a few minutes. You should really try it out yourself, as it is super easy and quite impressive!<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-it-matters-2\">Why it matters<\/h3>\n<p>Many of the tools Yardi is building utilize voice as a primary mode of interaction. Think about our chatbots built into Chat IQ or CRM IQ, for example. These tools generate speech based on text that is fed into them. One of the challenges we face is how to get the inflection right, as text-to-speech doesn\u2019t have an obvious way to control it other than basic punctuation. The ability to create custom voices like this could allow us to unlock a much more subtle inflection with substantially more control. An agent who is trying to renew a lease might have quite a different tone than one that is trying to collect outstanding rent, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for tuning in. Please subscribe to be notified whenever a new post comes out, and we look forward to seeing you on the next one.<\/p>\n<p>Stay curious, my friends!<\/p>\n<p>-David<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-author-bio\">Author bio<\/h2>\n<p>David is the industry principal of AI at Yardi, where he works closely with the sales team to help clients understand how Yardi\u2019s solutions align with their business needs. A real estate technology, AI and IT guru with deep sales expertise and entrepreneurial roots, David brings decades of experience bridging the gap between technical innovation and real-world application. David\u2019s superpower is making complex technical concepts approachable, interesting and easy to understand \u2014 especially for non-technical audiences. When he\u2019s not working, you can find him skiing, rock climbing or racing his Tesla.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disclaimer\">Disclaimer<\/h2>\n<p><em>This article is for general information purposes only. The opinions, analysis and commentary expressed are not and cannot be relied on as legal advice, and do not necessarily reflect the views of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yardi Systems, Inc.<\/a>, or any of its affiliates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AI Engineer World\u2019s Fair in San Francisco is where the best minds in AI gather to present papers and exchange ideas. 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