Gloo, a expertise platform firm whose mission is to “unleash the collective energy of religion ecosystems,” has introduced its second annual AI and Church Hackathon, scheduled for September 13-15, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. The occasion goals to advance synthetic intelligence-based expertise within the service of religion communities, with a give attention to “redemptive expertise”.
The 2024 Hackathon builds on the success of final 12 months’s occasion, which drew 41 groups and awarded $250,000 in money prizes.
Final 12 months’s winners from the 2023 AI and Church Hackathon
This 12 months, Gloo is increasing the occasion to accommodate 300 members whereas sustaining a $250,000 prize pool. Groups will develop AI-powered options to assist church prosperity and human flourishing, with the chance to use for extra acceleration funding post-hackathon.
Key highlights of the 2024 AI and Church Hackathon embody:
- A keynote on “The Energy of AI to Do Good” by Intel CEO and GLU Chairman Pat Gelsinger
- Facilitated by Nick Skytland and Ali Llewellyn from fairly uncommon, skilled hackathon organizers
- A working group will convene to debate points associated to accountable AI use, together with belief and expertise leaders.
- Organizations like YouVersion, Proper Now Media, ACS Applied sciences, and PushPay take part
Steele Billings, head of Glu Ventures, emphasised the significance of exploring the potential of AI within the context of religion: “We found in our ongoing analysis with Barna Group that the majority pastors imagine that God can work by AI. It emphasizes the necessity to discover and spend money on applied sciences and options that may assist folks thrive.”
The aim of the hackathon is to create an area for kingdom-minded technologists to collaborate and develop options that honor God and serve the Church. Ali Llewellyn of Fairly Unusual added, “At this 12 months’s occasion, we are going to proceed to harness the transformative energy of AI and apply it in new and redemptive methods to advance the Massive C Church.”
As AI continues to form many points of ministry and church operations, occasions akin to AI and church hackathons, missional AI conferences, and on-line communities akin to AIforChurchLeaders.com (with related Fb group) play an necessary function in encouraging innovation and accountable improvement. Belief based mostly expertise.
This gathering represents an thrilling alternative for technologists and church leaders to harness the potential of AI for the advantage of religion communities worldwide.
Church expertise leaders and builders fascinated about collaborating can discover extra data and register at www.gloo.us/hackathon.
