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Please use the materials in this library to promote the use of AI in your u3a.
If you would like to help members beyond your u3a understand AI then please contact Barry
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Dates for AI Events
AI News
AI News Events are 90 min Zoom based updates on what is happening in the world of AI. Any u3a member can attend. Goto https://www.u3a.org.uk/events/educational-events#Events and scroll down to find the next AI news event and book a place. Unless otherwise stated they take place at 10am on a Friday. Each event is chaired by a member of the AI team
- April 24th. Theme: AI and Geopolitics – Alan
- May 22nd. Theme: AI Transforming lives for those with disabilities and age related conditions – Jean
- June 29th: Theme: AI in Education – Glenys with guest speaker Professor Rose Luckin from UCL
- July 24th. Theme: AI Futures – Ian Hawker
Other AI Events
Nation/Regional/U3A Events
Regional event bookings are via your Council member.
March Ilkley u3a course
17th April u3a Council event
14th April London Region event
17th April London Region event
22nd April East of England Region event
27th April North West Region event
May/June Bury u3a course
September Wales event
September Scotland event
u3a Festival York 1st to 3rd July 2026:
- Wednesday 1st July 11:00-12:30 Talks from York University on Safe AI plus panel discussion
- Thursday 2nd July 09:00-11:00 and 16:00 to 18:00 – Hands on workshop using AI Chatbots – bring your tablet or laptop.
- Friday 3rd July 13:30-15:00 AI for my u3a – How to get started with AI activities in your own u3a.
- Throughout the conference the AI Booth will be open in the main concourse for you to drop by and chat about all things AI.
Preparing for an AI World. An online course of four 2 hour sessions on getting started with AI. Monday November 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd at 14:00. Booking via the u3a online learning events website in the Autumn.
Courses
The u3a AI course that has proved most popular is David Mcall’s Web based Silver AI Course and Russell Whitworth’s Powerpoint version of it. There are six modules which are typically run by u3as at 2hrs a week for six weeks. Details on our Padlet, and dont forget to provide feedback if you use the material
The six modules: Making AI Images and Songs; AL Chat; Advanced AI Images; Ethics and AI Futures; and The Rise of the Robots.
The AI for Everyone Team
| AI team contacts (u3a) | click on bio link for bio | Current Activities | Special Interest |
| Alan Freeland London Region Contact (Farnham) |  | AI news, AI course, | AI & Society, How it works – non tech, value to members, AI Images |
| Barry Claydon u3a AI Subject Adviser (East Suffolk) |  | AI news, AI course, | Acquainting all 430,000 u3a members with AI |
| David McAll (Yate & Sodbury) |  | AI course | Silver AI Project Clone, Podcast |
| Don Mobley Aviation Subject Adviser (Stowmarket) |  | AI News, Group presentations, | AI in Aviation |
| Gillian Fielding( IGO & Bury) | Education | ||
| Glenys Hart (Reading) |  | AI News, AI Presentations | AI in Education, AI & Visualisation, Robotics , LLMs. Impact on Society |
| Ian Hawker East Region Contact (East Suffolk) |  | AI news, AI group, group presentations | AI applications- Healthcare, Education, Climate Change |
| Jean Jackson West Midlands Trustee |  | AI News, Regional training, | AI in Marketing, Digital Inclusion |
| Les Mitchell Northumbria Region |  bio | Regional AI workshops and Network | Industrial Engineering and The Rule of Law. |
| Peter Lord (Wokingham, Communities) |  | Technical presentations, group presentations | ‘What is under the bonnet’ Computing |
| Peter Lunio North West Region Contact | Local Government AI for Social Housing | ||
| Robert Sprigge (Hertford & District) |  | u3a Monthly meeting and Group presentations – Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. | How free AI Chatbots can help you, Prompting skills, Scheduling complicated journeys and maximising benefits from Solar/Battery systems, Impact on Careers. |
| Russell Whitworth South East Region Contact (Guildford) |  | AI News | Getting the best out of AI Chatbots, and using AI to write Python code |
| Sandra Dean Spanish Subject Adviser (Bourne End/ West Wolds) |  | AI Groups | AI and Languages |
| Sarah Jones (Chiltern) | bio | AI groups/News/etc | Introducing AI to small/large groups, small project teams, and one-to-one sessions. |
| Stephen Doyle (Wokingham) | AI and Family History | ||
| u3a Publicity Advertising and Marketing AI & Human Relations | |||
Past Presentations
AITools
| AI Tools | Additional Tools | Additional Tools |
|---|---|---|
| notebooklm | ||
| Suno – Create a song | Udio – Create a song | All about Gemini – May 2024 |
| ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot | ||
| EVI – Empathic AI (4) | Perplexity (2) | PI – natural conversations (2) |
| OpenAI ChatGPT (2,3,4) | Microsoft Copilot (2,3,4) | Google Gemini (2,4) |
| Anthropic Claude 3 (2) | Stable Diffusion (3) | Midjourney (1,3) |
| (1) Not free, (2) Text, (3) Image, (4) Voice | ||
| Courses | ||
| AI for everyone | OpenAI Academy | Elements of AI |
| AI foundations for everyone | AI for the Third Agers | |
| Education | ||
| AI for Teachers | People-Centred AI |
| Healthcare | ||
| AI and Medicine October 2024 | AI and the NHS |
| Languages | ||
| Spanish | Duolingo | |
| Law Enforcement | ||
| AI in Law Enforcement | Using AI in Policing |
| Society, Ethics, Morals | ||
| Impact | ||
| Transport | ||
| The Times Tech podcast dated 3rd July: | Can a driverless car really cope with London traffic & is the big AI bromance over? |
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