watsonx Day: Challenge
10 April 2024
Register here- Create apps to learn generative AI skills
- Compete solo or collaborate with like-minded innovators!
- Win prizes and be featured on IBM social
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The essentials
Who
- This challenge is to professionals interested in building their AI skills through an enterprise-focused challenge
- Are you a student? The best opportunity for you would be to join the Call for Code Global Challenge.
*See participation agreement for eligibility requirements
When
- On April 10 our worldwide challenge will start at 9:00 AM JST (GMT +9) and end on April 11 at 12:00 PM JST (GMT +9)
- You will be given all info required to complete the challenge at 9:00 AM JST (GMT +9)
- You are welcome to compete anytime during that window
- You can spend as little or as much time as you would like. Individuals and teams can expect to spend a minimum of three hours to complete a competitive submission
Where
- You can work virtually or join us at an in-person event at one of 12+ global locations
- In-person event space is expected to fill up quickly. Register soon!
- If your organization is hosting a private event click here to register
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Challenge tracks
Use prompt engineering to analyze customer experience and take corresponding actions
Choose from one of two scenarios:
Sentiment analysis: Analyze customer feedback from a fictional car rental company and recommend the most suitable promotional offers with watsonx.ai
Summarization: Review customer comments from a fictional product to glean insights about customer experience with watsonx.ai
Build a generative AI powered virtual assistant
Create a banking customer care virtual assistant. You will be asked to further extend the assistant to either apply for a new credit card or mortgage loan using watsonx Assistant, watsonx.ai and Watson Discovery.
Automate repetitive manual tasks to improve productivity*
Build a digital sales manager fueled by AI to automate repetitive manual tasks, improving productivity and driving better business results using watsonx Orchestrate. You will generate custom tasks, called Skills, extend automation capabilities and leverage generative AI with watsonx.ai
*Due to high interest, capacity for this track has been reached. New registrants can still participate in other tracks.
Prizes
All submissions will be judged based on criteria revealed the day of the challenge. Winning teams for each challenge track will be awarded Apple AirPods Pros® and be highlighted on IBM social. Runners-up will win watsonx hoodies and t-shirts.
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Key dates
03 April – Take advantage of the prep webcast delivered by top IBM experts on what to expect during the challenge and an introduction to watsonx products
04 April – Challenge track selections close
08 April – watsonx environments available
10 April – Join host Nicholas Renotte, IBM Chief AI Engineer, and Morgan Carroll, IBM Senior AI Engineer, for a 1-hour live (virtual) kickoff presentation in a timezone or location near you.
- Asia: 10 April 9:00 AM JST (GMT +9)
- Europe: 10 April 11:00 AM CEST (GMT +2)
- Americas: 10 April 12:00 PM ET (GMT -5)
18 April – Winning teams announced